13. Bulls are friends?

"'No. Don't do that. The bulls are my best friends.'...'You kill your friends?' she asked. 'Always,' he said in English, and laughed. 'So they don't kill me'"(pg 189-190, Hemingway). So, Brett, Jake, and Romero are sitting around having this conversation with one another. To me, it seems to parallel some of the relationships between the characters. They are not literally killing each other (well not yet) but they do have desires they cannot attain because of one another. First, Mike is self destructing Cohn because he hangs around Brett, and is Jewish. Cohn is bothering everyone because he his a nuisance. Yet, while everyone seems to focus on Cohn, Brett is her own silent murderer. She is killing Mike, Cohn, and Jake. She is Mike's fiance, but still has relationships with other men. She had a relationship with Cohn once, so he thinks they are in love. She and Jake are supposedly in love but she refuses to settle down with him. Brett will soon be the reason for Cohn attacking Romero. Basically, this group does nothing but destruct one another, when they are supposed to be a civil group of friends. Although Cohn will soon physically try to hurt some of the group, he will ultimately be the one exiled.