Brett's Relationship with Jake
Today in class we talked about Brett's character. I expressed early on that I did not like her and even went as far as to say that she was manipulative and somewhat abusive. I would like to elaborate some more on my claim by further backing it up and also taking a closer look at her traits and actions showed to us as we read the book. She reminds me very much of Peter from Mrs. Dalloway, except in this case a little more toxic. She likes to go from man to man believing that these affairs will make her happy. She has an emptiness inside of her that she seeks to fill with love from a man, but she is going about it in the wrong way. Peter liked to do the same sort of thing with women. Instead, Brett has Jake, someone she very much takes advantage of. She knows how infatuated Jake is with her, and uses that to her advantage whenever she wants something from him. There is a large part of her that would like to settle down with Jake and be very much in a healthy, mutual loving relations...