And Who Said Hubris Was Dead?

"...including the [angle] that certain injuries or imperfections are a subject of merriment while remaining quite serious for the person possesing them."  -- Page 35

It's not entirely my fault, but my immaturity makes this chapter hilariously awkward for me.  Hemingway throws quite a twist on the typical forbidden lovers story in Chapter IV when Jake and Brett are continuously kind of almost romantic with each other.  Jake has a condition or ailment or whatever you want to call it that prevents him from satisfying Brett's sexual desires, so for the most part she just doesn't even want to mess with pleasantries.  One can only assume that this tears Jake up internally, though he fails to really show it in the narrative.  Instead he makes a joke out of it!  "'It's funny,' I said. 'It's very funny. And it's a lot of fun, too.'"  No, Jake.  No it's not.  At least Brett sure doesn't think it's funny.  Maybe that's why Jake makes fun of Cohn and treats him so degradingly, besides the Jew thing.  Underperformance is sure to awaken the inner green-eyed monster within Jake, especially with him knowing that Cohn, who I assume to be a perfectly capable man, is making a ploy for his woman.   ¡Ay, Caramba!