the web begins to tangle

" 'The funny thing is he's nice, too. I like him. But he's just so awful.' " (pg.107)

Now Jake and Bill don't like Cohn. I don't understand Jake likes him and then the mood this chapter becomes very angry. It all starts because Jake is just very jealous and hurt that Cohn didn't tell him about his date with Brett in San Sebastian. But at the same time Jake never mentioned in detail the the how deeply Jake and Brett had loved one another. But the yo yo of Bill and Jake's affection for Cohn goes back and forth. It finally seems to settle at the lowest opinion of him. But also saying his is a nice, wonderful man. It is paradox. Bill states that he is so nice but so awful too. It makes no sense. I think Gorton means that Cohn is fake nice but does such nice gestures to cover up this ingenues. Or he is genuinely nice but doesn't think about the consequences of his actions.