Chapter VIII Pgs: 75-86

Although it is somewhat trivial in terms of enhancing the writer’s story there is an [OXYMORON] at the very beginning of this chapter. “. . . light heavyweights. . . ” (75) This is said when referring to boxers so despite the contradiction it does make sense. Other than that this chapter, like the rest of the book, is pretty slow. Brett shows up again and despite the fact that she “loved” Jake just a chapter before she is going on a date with Mike Campbell. However Brett did say earlier that she couldn’t marry Jake because she would just cheat on him which makes sense due to Jakes situation however it seems like she needs to be more definitive and not lead Jake on but maybe that’s just me.