Irony

FINALLYYY!! pg 251 "Oh Jake," Brett said, "We could have had such a damned good time together." okay so when i read books i always cheat and read the last few sentences or so of the book just to see how everything will turn out in the end. When i read this part i thought okay, so Brett and Jake arent going to work out after all. However, when i read the chapter in its entirety i got a new perspective on this. Rather than thinking Brett was talking about her relationship with Jake, i later came to believe that she was referring to her realtionship with Romero. I think this because she kept dwelling on her late relationship with Romero and how right they would have been for eachother. I think this is the perfect example of irony beecause while Brett is talking about her relationship with Romero, Jake and the reader take it to mean her relationship with him. Which triggers his response "Yes," "Isnt it pretty to think so?" So although i really disliked this book... a whole lot, i thought the ending was pretty good. I like how Hemingway added this bit of irony to end the story on a happier note- at least seeing that Jake was somewhat happy in the end.