Jake must leave the fishing paradise, a place he was accepted and wasn't made fun of, to go and join Brett and the company with her. Bill and Jake leave their fishing pal Harris behind and go and join Brett, Mike and Robert. I thought that Jake was losing all of the feeling of acceptance that he had finally got, but it seems like he has some Spanish buddies to hang out with. I felt like I knew the secret rules of a club as the entire description of the aficionado (page 136) came out. This entire passage that Hemingway spends on the africiondo gives a connotation of ...masculinity. I mean I think the bull fighting is only a step into the passion of aficionado. You have to walk the walk, talk the talk and if you're a bull fighter hope your picture stays out of the desk drawer of Montoya. Although Jake has trouble convincing the natives that he to has aficionado, Jake seems to bring pride to the fact that he is in this group.
Jake is also forgiven of his friends and honestly Mike Brett and Robert weren't fun to be with either. Mike goes on and on about his medal story (found on page 139- 140) but he never talks about the war itself. I almost question his involvement in the wars he's in because he never speaks of actual warfare when he talks about the war he only speaks of effects of the war. Brett doesn't actually do anything wrong but it creeps me out that she wanted to she the steer ripped apart "Don't look I said to Brett. She was watching fascinated" (page 144). Then there's the entire rip on Robert given by Mike's drunken state (found on page 146-148). This shows the further foil between Jake and Mike, earlier in the book Jake was upset with Robert but only complained to Bill. Mike becomes a butt and calls Robert a Jew among many other things.
I don't care how much pardon Jake is given with his aficionado, he should dump these losers!
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