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Critical Sources:
- Benson, Jackson J., ed. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: Critical Essays. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1975.
- Johnston, Kenneth. "'The Three-Day Blow': Tragicomic Aftermath of
a Summer Romance." The Tip of the Iceberg: Hemingway and the Short
Story. Greenwood, FL: Penkevill, 1987. 95-102.
- Kruse, Horst H. "Ernest Hemingway's 'The End of Something': Its Independence as a Short Story and Its Place in the 'Education of Nick Adams.'" Studies in Short Fiction (Winter 1967): 152-66. Rpt. in Benson 210-30 and Reynolds 159-71.
- Reynolds, Michael S., ed. Critical Essays on Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983.
- Smith, Paul. A Reader's Guide to the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1989.
- Whitt, Joseph. "Hemingway's 'The End of Something.'" Explicator (June 1951): Item 58. Rpt. in Reynolds 155-56.
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Discussion starters
- Whitt asks (and so do I) "What is Bill's relationship to Nick and Marjorie?" Do you agree that "Bill is the motivating force behind Nick's rejection of Marjorie" (155)?
- How does the brief opening section about Horton's Bay influence the way we read the story?
- Some critics have suggested that the end of the story suggests that Nick is a latent homosexual. How do you argue this?
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