| "Fiesta" is the story of a cosmopolit group of British and American expats living in Paris, in the roaring 1920, after the World War I just ended. The main character is an american journalis/writer, Jake Barnes, a war veteran that, due to an injury he sustained during the war, became impotent. He is very much in love with Lady Brett Ashely, an Englishwoman. She reciprocates his feelings, but both know they don't stand a chance for a long term relashionship due to his war injury. Lady Brett Ashely is a character that represents the sexual liberation of women after World War I. Two times divorcee, she is currently engaged with another British man, Mike Campbell, but also had a short affair with another American, part of the same group, Robert Cohn. The entire group (Jake Barnes, Brett Ashley, Bill Gorton, a good friend of Jake, Brett's fiancee Mike Campbell and Robert Cohn) decide to take a trip to Spain for the Pamplona Fiesta (bull fighting). Brett Ashely meets a young matador, Romero, and she seduces him. Cohn, who hoped that Brett Ashely, after their short affair, will leave her fiancee and stat a relationship with him, is very jelous with all the other men that have some sort of a romantic endevour with Brett (Mike, main character Jack and Romero). He starts a fistfight with all of them - one of the most powerful scenes of the entire novel. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - depressed Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's Romance/Romance Problems Yes Kind of romance: Internal struggle/realization? Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Brain/Body disability? - physical disability Unmarried Love Triangle? Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Ethnicity/Nationality Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 () Europe Yes European country: - France Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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