Premium Content Jake Barnes' Quest for Control
By A. Livezey - April 29, 2001
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.
I have outwalked the further city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat.
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
-Robert Frost
Gertrude Stein summarized the psychological complexities of the post-World War II…
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