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Readers’ Notes for Sun Also Rises

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raising the baton in the last paragraph

by shishijoy, August 20, 2012

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5 out of 10 people found this helpful

I believe that the raised baton also refers to the fact that Jake is impotent and he and Brett will never have the relationship that they both desire.