Quote 13
"Listen, Robert, going to another country doesn’t make any difference. I’ve tried all that. You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There’s nothing to that." (2.7)
Jake opens up inadvertently here—we learn that he went through a stage of wandering simply to escape himself, also.
Quote 14
"They’re a fine lot," I said. "There’s one American woman down here now that collects bull-fighters." (16.8)
Again, Jake separates himself from the other Americans—he’s not limited to their view of the world. If anything, he’s disgusted by it.
Quote 15
"I got hurt in the war," I said.
"Oh, that dirty war."
We would probably have gone on and discussed the war and agreed that it was in reality a calamity for civilization, and perhaps would have been better avoided. I was bored enough. Just then from the other room someone called: "Barnes! I say Barnes! Jacob Barnes!" (3.9)
The banal discussion of the war that Jake and Georgette narrowly escape is one that’s unsatisfactory and not comprehensive. We get the feeling that there’s a lot more to be said about the war, but nobody knows how to communicate it yet.