Conrad and Jordan are brothers and similar and different in many ways. Jordan was older than Conrad by fourteen months. They were similar in the fact that they both swam on the swim team but Jordan was better. Jordan was more auspicious and easy going than Conrad. For example, “Like the loss of Jordan, his elder, his light-hearted son, the one who never worried, who believed they would all live forever” (Guest 34). Jordan is revealed here as being light-hearted and that he never worried. In contrast, Conrad seems to worry more than him and not be as light-hearted. They were both close friends with Lazenby. An example is, “The three of them were always together, why does he think of it as only his grief?” (Guest 182). Being friends with Lazenby
