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6748806 No.6748806 [Reply] [Original]

What did the bull fighting represent?

>> No.6748812

You can find a hoe that you like. But you can't make a hoe a housewife.

He couldn't tame Brett. No matter how much you try to give or control, a woman like that will always tackle the younger, juicier cock.

>> No.6748875

>>6748812
It was more that she couldn't simply sleep with Jake to get it out of her system like she did with everybody else. She loved him, but it couldn't reach its conclusion. Everything she did towards him was vague grasping at the unattainable. She loved him, but she couldn't follow that love through like she needed to. Her every showing of feeling towards him was like a last kiss to a lover you'll never see again. She yearned for him, but could never really have him as she needed.

>> No.6748903

>>6748875
Bull also fertility

>> No.6749603
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6749603

>>6748812
>will always tackle the younger, juicier cock.

fuck now im hungry

>> No.6749618

>>6748806
>What did the rolls royce represent?
>I think it represented his car.

>> No.6750165

>>6748812
I can't believe we actually let blacks get rid of the difference in spelling of the words "ho" and "hoe". I admit I like "hoe" better anyway.

>> No.6750304

>>6750165
>a man who sleeps with a lot of women is a rake
>a woman who sleeps with a lot of men is a hoe
I like the parallelism.

>> No.6751595

>>6749618
I'd have to agree with this. The bullfighting is such a big part of the novel simply because Hemmingway was an "aficionado", it's not representing anything as much as presenting what he was doing while in Europe.

>> No.6751609

>>6748806
Testicles.

>> No.6751614

>>6748812

How is the story about taming her?

He was maimed and couldn't have a sexual relationship, and she was basically a nymphomaniac.

And by the end of the novel you're basically told, explicitly, that they never would have managed as a couple even if he HAD been able to function sexually.

>> No.6751628

Like most hemmmmmingway symbolism it represents sodomy and >>6751609

>> No.6751630

>>6751595
>>6749618
Same. The guy loved that aspect of Spanish culture and liked being able to share his experiences. It's like asking what all the drinking meant in Paris or what all the fishing meant later on.

Just that.

>> No.6752751

>>6751609
The scrotum to be more precise.

>> No.6754107

>>6751614
Because why the fuck would he even give a shit about her otherwise? Remember the context of publishing i.e. the time

>> No.6754191

>>6749618
>>6751595
>>6751630
I think he's using his knowledge and love of the culture to expand on other things