Throughout this chapter, the relationship between Stingo and Nathan seems to deteriorate and then strengthen in a way. They continue to butt heads as Nathan's anger and double personality further develops him as a character and makes him all the more confusing. The chapters are really descriptive and not many events occur. Stingo is invited by Nathan and Sophie to go to the beach with them at Coney Island. He still has hard feelings from the night before as their little dispute has left unsettled feelings, however Nathan acts like they were never involved in an argument. With much reluctance, Stingo finally agrees to go with the couple, spending time with them. Stingo realizes that they both have an effect on each other and that neither of them can live without one another despite how much they fight. Their relationship is odd and different from anything Stingo had ever seen, however he was happy. He enjoyed their company and as Sophie puts it they were to become "the best of friends"..
Stingo learns a lot about Sophie in this chapter and the way that she came to known Nathan. She arrived to Brooklyn from concentration camps amemic, emaciated, weighing only eighty five pounds, with the scurvy, typhus and scarlet fever. Her hair was missing and she was losing her teeth as her health had greatly decreased while being in the control of the Nazis. Nathan had essentially nursed her back to health as he took her to seek help and medicines for her various illnesses. Although she was not fully one hundred percent healthy, she now weighed one hundred and ten pounds and was rid of her illnesses.
If Stingo had left Sophie and Nathan, and their bizarre habits and intense fights, there would not be a story at all to tell or a choice that would soon be uncovered..
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