Eight - Bill Gorton

Bill is a nice guy, I've decided. He of course is another member of the Lost Generation, which is clearly evident by the fact that he drank himself into a blackout stupor in Vienna. However, he's a very nice guy too, which is apparently evident by the fact that he "Loaned the nigger some clothes and went around with him to get his money back" (p. 77). Nice fella. I think I like Bill because he's just such a jokester. He's slightly more open about his feelings than Jake simply because he uses his jokes to tell people how he feels and what he thinks, but it's not quite as outright as Harvey. A good middle ground, I suppose. Mike Campbell, however, is kind of obnoxious. He seems to be a bit fixated on just a few specific things, like Brett's hat, his own nose, and prattling on and on about how beautiful Brett is. Come now, Mr. Campbell, you can't carry on much of a conversation with only three stock phrases. He must be one of those talkative drunks. Anyway, I don't really have much to say about this chapter. I'm probably missing something important...ah well.

I imagine Brett's hat looks something like this.