This document summarizes a short story by Ernest Hemingway called "The End of Something". It discusses how the main character, Nick Adams, cruelly tells his girlfriend Marjorie that he wants to end their relationship during a picnic, explaining it is no longer fun for him. Hemingway based the characters and story on his own relationship with a 17-year old girl when he was 20. The breakup symbolizes not just the end of their romance, but the end of an era of logging and the mill town they lived in. The document poses discussion questions about whether Nick's actions were wise, if he should return to Marjorie, what relationships mean, and society's views on love before marriage.
3. THE END OF SOMETHING
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
NICK ADAMS AND MARJORIE ,A GIRL WHO HAS BEEN
WORKING DURING THE SUMMER AT A RESORT HORTON BAY
.AFTER A PICNIC TOUR NICK TELLS MARJORIE THAT HE WANTS
TO BREAK UP THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ONLY THE WEAK
EXPLANATION THAT BEING WITH MARJORIE IS NO LONGER
FUN ,HIS REMARKS ARE UNCOMMONLY CRUEL .
THEN 20 YEARS OLD HEMINGWAY WAS DATING 17 YEARS OLD
MARJORIE. SHE OFTEN FIXED PICNIC MEALS OF THEM ,BUT
HEMINGWAY AGAIN BETRAY WITH MARJORIE. HE BEGAN
DATING WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
4. AFTERWARDS THE BREAKUP OF NICK AND MARJORIE IS NOT THE END
OF SOMETHING BUT THE END OF THREE THINGS-
# The end of the hey day of logging
#The end of the mill town of Horton bay
#The end of romance between them
Now Nick fells bad about having to sever his friendship with Marjorie
5. # IS IT A WISE THING WHAT NICK DID WITH MARJORIE?
6. # DO YOU THINK NICK SHOULD COME BACK TO MARJORIE ?