Big difference

Jake and Robert are both in love with Brett. However, the way that they handle this love is very different. Jake is very calm, and one might say a pushover, when it comes to loving Brett. He doesn't stare at her continuously as Cohn does and he gives her her space. Cohn on the other hand is different. He seems to be obsessed about her as he thought the time in San Sebastian was something special while Brett thinks otherwise. Also a big difference is when they both find out about Pedro Romero and Brett. When Brett expresses how she loves Romero to Jake on page 187 by saying: "I'm a goner. I'm mad about the Romero boy. I'm in love with him, I think." All Jake does when she tells him this is to not be in love with him and how it's a bad idea, but when she persists, he caves in. However, when Cohn figures it out and walks in on Brett and Romero together, he proceeds to beating Romero up. What I think influences how these two act with her is how she feels about each person. To Jake, she tells him repeatedly how she loves him and hoes to him for advice. Because of this, this causes Jake to not have any sore feeling around her. But with Cohn, Brett does not love him and she gets very tired of him and this is what makes Cohn bitter. He knows that he can't get her.