The fight

Finally, Cohn shows a back bone. His finace, his wife, eve nhis friends keep putting him down ,and he just keeps taking it and taking it. He never does anything to try and man up and defend himself. He sends Barnes down for the count in two blows, and knocks down Mike with one shot. And then, when he is finally on top, finally has a little dignity... he goes and cries about it. But the important thing is he is not crying about beatin gup his one friend, Barnes. He is crying because finally, he lets out all his bottled emotions about Brett. " You were the onl friend i had, and i loved Brett so." (Hemingway 198.) If he could learn to express his pain and emotions in a helthy way, maybe someday he could have a real relationship.