Static Character

Brett is a static character. She does not change much thorugh the course of the novel. In the beginning she is planning on marrying Mike, but she has a bad habit of falling in love... all the time. She drinks. She is constantly finding a new love and never seems to be content. She also knows that Jake Barnes loves her but she says it will never work out. In the middle of the story she is still planning on marrying Mike but she has a fling with Cohn. She also drinks a lot just to get tight. Near the end of the book, she goes out with the bullfighter. She leaves him and goes to Jake for help. She drinks some more. Throughout the book her behavior stays the same, but she might be with a different guy. Brett is not content with her life. She cannot change her ways and that is why things would never have worked out between her and Jake.