e status seeker, while working as an editor on a literary magazine. They moved to Paris to become part of the post-war crowd of expatriates. After the success of his first novel, Cohn gains a greater self- assurance and ends his relationship with Frances. He becomes infatuated with from the moment he first lays eyes on her. He enjoys a brief fling with her, but he has difficulty believing the affair meant nothing. Unlike the other characters, Cohn is a light drinker, and he believes in the romantic pre-war ideals of love. As a Jewish, non-veteran, Cohn and his shyness makes him an easy target to be picked on by his friends and his values are corrupted. He becomes furious when he learns of Brett's affair with He nearly beats Romero senseless. Disgusted with his actions and stinging from Brett's harsh reprimand, Cohn flees Spain.Frances met Cohn when he worked as the editor of a magazine. She had hoped to rise through the magazine, but she eventually realized this would not happen. She latched onto Cohn in the hopes of rising through him. She convinced him to move to Paris. When her looks began to go, she began to push Cohn to marry her. She became extremely possessive and jealous of Cohn. Cohn submits to her ironhanded rule for a few years, but the success of his novel gives him a new confident cockiness. He breaks their engagement, irritating Frances. She travels to England with the three hundred pounds she wrangled out of him, leaving Cohn free to pursue Brett.Brett did not want to be with Cohn and ended it. Cohn, unable to believe the affair meant nothing, continually pines away for her, causing a good deal of tension during the trip to Pamplona for the fiesta. Brett becomes infatuated with Pedro and persuades Jake to facilitate her affair with Pedro, provoking the jealousy of Mike and Cohn. Cohn nearly beats Pedro senseless when he discovers that Brett is having an affair with him. Brett eventually ends the affair because she fears...
