Analogy

At the end of chapter thirteen, Jake makes an analogy between the pleasant meal and the dinners during the war. "It was like certain dinners I remembered from the war. There was much wine, an ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent happening" (page 150). The fight between Cohn and Campbell had not solved their problems, so there was still much tension between the two. During the pleasant dinner, everyone ignored the problems and did not speak about it through the tense air. However, similar to that of the war, everyone had some wine and then "it seemed they were all such nice people" (page 150). This quote also foreshadows possible events that will happen later on in the book. My guess is that this is just the beginning of the tension and unpreventable disagreements between the "friends". In addition, this is one of the few times that Hemingway actually mentions the war in this book. I have not found many references to the war so far, but maybe as the book progresses we will hear more about it...or maybe not.