Throughout all three chapters this great unity is seen during the fiesta. This is very different from the beginning of the novel; even though the spend a lot of time together the friendship really isn't seen. While at the fiesta everyone is friends with everyone.
"Some dancers formed a circle around Brett and started to dance...They took Bill and me by the arms and put us in the circle. Bill started to dance. They were all chanting." (page 159)
These chapters all have multiple examples like this one where random strangers pick them up and have fun, whether is drinking or dancing, or shopping. In a different way these chapters are showing the friendship between all of these strangers over a festival. This section of the novel seems to be the one area that expresses some resemblance to a feeling of family and happiness.
In this section we also see more of where Jake's dislike of Cohn could come from. As everybody is out drinking Jake doesn't know where Cohn is and finally finds out that he passed out awhile ago. This does not improve Roberts situation with regard to Jake as not being able to hold your liquor is not very manly as see in the dialogue:
"'What a lot we've drunk.'
'You mean what a lot we've drunk. You went to sleep.'" (page 163)
Also Jake opinion of Cohn is further diminished when Cohn thinks "'I'm only afraid I may be bored.'"(page 165) This paired with Cohns actual reaction, where he nearly puked, also lessens Jakes view of Cohn.
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