Robert Cohn
"Listen, Robert, going to another country doesn't make any difference. I've tried all that. You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another." (Hemingway 18)
I admit Jake, you're right; I can't run away from myself. However, what else am I supposed to do? Join you and your lost generation? Live my life like you, and simply accept that I'll never feel satisfied? How can you blame me for trying to find happiness? I don't have any friends, the women I fall in love with are manipulative and abusive, and I'm always looked down on since I'm the only one in the group who didn't fight in the war. On top of it all, I'm constantly bullied for being Jewish. Can you really blame me for trying to get away from all of my insecurities, and trying to find purpose? I know you share these feelings, so you should know better than anyone that this is no way to live. I'd rather spend my life chasing something that I'll never reach than just accept this absolute emptiness.
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