In Ernest Hemmingway’s works, “The End of Something” and “Indian Camp”, both have a connecting theme which is the termination of something; in this case the ending of a relationship and the ending of a life.
In the short story “The End of Something”, Hemmingway tells the story of a young boy Nick breaking up with his girlfriend Marjorie. Nick and Marjorie’s relationship had lasted a long time due to the memory that they both share of a mill that was destroyed 10 years ago, “There’s our old ruin, Nick,” (Hemmingway 79) Marjorie says to the boy as they passed the crumbled limestone. The crumbling mills could be an insinuation towards the path of their relationship; slowly falling apart and its former glory soon to be forgotten. Nick set up a
In the short story “The End of Something”, Hemmingway tells the story of a young boy Nick breaking up with his girlfriend Marjorie. Nick and Marjorie’s relationship had lasted a long time due to the memory that they both share of a mill that was destroyed 10 years ago, “There’s our old ruin, Nick,” (Hemmingway 79) Marjorie says to the boy as they passed the crumbled limestone. The crumbling mills could be an insinuation towards the path of their relationship; slowly falling apart and its former glory soon to be forgotten. Nick set up a