In this novel, the major character that has the biggest internal conflict is the narrator, Jake. His debate has to do with Brett. He obviously loves her, and it seems that she has feelings for him too, but she also has feelings for other men. When they are alone, she seems to love him too, but when others are around, she doesn't act the same way. On page 42, Jake tells us how this issue makes him feel. "This was Brett that I felt like crying about. Then I thought of her walking up the street and stepping into the car, as I had last seen her, and of course in a little while I felt like hell again. It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing."
Throughout the novel, Jake is constantly watching Brett run off with one guy or another. He doesn't want to make Brett upset, but he is constantly debating in his head whether or not to make his feelings more obvious to her. This is a debate that many people have in everyday life, and Hemingway is playing to that. He adds a timelessness to the piece by creating an internal conflict that not only produces drama in the novel, but also draws the reader into the characters' relationships that are easy to relate to.
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