Fishing

Once Paul and MC got back to the truck, MC has almost a whole page dedicated to hating Neal. He talks about Neal lying, taking up all the room, drinking too much, not being able to stand enough drink, dating a whore, how he dresses, etc etc. Not only does MC hate Neal, but now all three women (Jessie, MC's mother in-law, and sister in law, who is the wife of Ken) are really mad at MC. Once home, MC sulks around for a little while, and then calls Paul to go to their camp on a lake called Seeley Lake. My prediction is that something is going to happen to Paul. The author is hinting that MC is going to have his last fish with Paul at some time soon. He might die, but I think he's just not going to be able to fish anymore. Paul and MC are driving to Seeley Lake, when Paul starts talking about some girl he just picked up. MC was in the same predicament, not knowing whether he was in trouble with a girl or he was bragging. Once they get to Seeley lake, Neal and Old Rawhide show up in a truck with a coffee can, no worms, and no rod. They say that they want to go fishing. It's noon and really hot, so the fishing will be terrible, but they go anyway. I relate to my life in this one. I know some people that want to hang out with older kids, but they don't know how to do anything we do. This is like Neal's situation with Paul and MC, except he doesn't care that much. MC catches a few, but it is too hot to do anything else, so he sits in the shade and forgets his troubles. The two brothers had hidden beers in the rocks for the walk back home, but Neal took them and drank them. They found Neal and Old Rawhide facedown in the sand with no clothes on and a major sunburn. They gathered them up and took them back into town, and they kicked Old Rawhide out of the van, much to her dismay because she had no clothes on. I can visualize this scene because theres a half-naked prostitute running across town with two men following her until she goes back to the sketchy part of town. I can imagine kids getting their eyes covered by their mothers and guys leaning really far out their windows. This scene makes me laugh.