Well even though Brett stood Jake up she still manages to bring Mike to his apartment. Mike is the a large foil against Jake. It starts with Brett pointing out that Mike is a better dancer than Jake (a paraphrase from page 69) but if one were to look closely they could see the many differences of the two.
While Jake shrugs off the war and it's effects, Mike embraces it. He finds his true lifestyle after being in 7 wars and 4 revolutions. While Jake lives in a life of wandering, Mike "has lived very much that I now can enjoy everything so well." Another difference in these characters is their shown feelings towards Brett. While Jake can beg and plead in private he never really shows affection towards Brett (an example of this is when the 3 of them are talking in Jake's apartment and Mike claims Brett has "class all over her" page 64)
One a completely different topic let us examine the little talk between Brett and Jake. This starts once the count leaves (even though Jake claims he's not the problem). Jake asked Brett "couldn't we just live together Brett? Couldn't we just live together?" to which Brett replies "I don't think so I would just tromper with everybody. You couldn't stand it"
For all of those who don't take French tromper means to commit adultery. What is this madness? Why can't Brett either leave or stay with Jake. She's making his life terrible by playing with his emotions, I mean look how she leaves him. Although she doesn't allow him to her room, she allows him to kiss her. Furthermore why can't Brett try to be with Jake. Sure they can't run all the bases, but they can come really close. Just because Jake can't have sex doesn't mean he doesn't want to.
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