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In “In Cold Blood”, the enjoyment and relaxation reflect the group’s gratification of spending quality time together, fishing, aboard the Estrellita. The group of friends spend a great time together enjoying fishing aboard the fishing boat. They all help fish and do different fishing techniques. The imagery transmits the enjoyable, relaxing vacation, Perry and the others had on the boat. While “The sun was blazing”, Dick, Perry, a young Mexican, and Otto were on “A small boat riding at anchor in a mild sea”. The group are out on the sea together on a boat. They seem to be having a great time together. The four friends went trolling along the coast aboard the “Estrellita, a deep-sea-fishing craft”, and they all did different

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