Gertrude Stein is introduced off as smart women with some narrow-minded perceptions. “I did not agree at all […] but it was a point of view […] and many of the other things Gertrude said were very intelligent” (Hemmingway25). This shows that Gertrude had some narrow opinions but she also was very intelligent. However as the novel goes on we learn that Gertrude is more arrogant and disrespectful than anything else because she makes generalizations to support her uncanny views on Hemmingway’s “Une Generation Perdue”. When Gertrude makes generalizations about those who served in the war, “you have no respect for anything. You drink yourselves to death”(Hemmingway 61). We see how little respect she has for war veterans and how arrogant she is of their hardships. This changes her as a character because no one sees the generation who goes to war as “lost” but rather as those who suffered which causes her to appear arrogant and disrespectful in the story.
In the book Shakespeare and Company is described, as a great place to be with is heart-warming atmosphere. I would like to visit this place the most because the setting is warm and a place where most people would be content to relax an read throughout the afternoon or evening. “On a cold windswept street this was a lovely, warm, and cheerful place with a big stove in the winter, tables and shelves of books” (Hemmingway, 31) Bookstores have always been a favorite of mine and this one sounds like it would be one of the best places to visit. The fact that its in Paris also adds value because it sounds like a place filled with passion and romance.
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