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Discussion starters

Is there any significance to the book titles mentioned in this story? Have you read any of these: Richard Feverel, The Forest Lovers, Fortitude, The Flying Inn?

Haytock points out the negative viewpoint that Bill gives to Nick regarding marriage, citing his statement: "Once a man's married, he's [. . .] done for" (47). What does this story, and others you might relate to it, say about marriage and male-female relationships?

 Smith reports: Most critics agree, from various evidence, that "The Three-Day Blow" was written immediately after "The End of Something" in March 1924. However Hemingway "remembers" writing it in January 1922, as reported in A Moveable Feast. What difference does it make if "Blow" was written two years earlier?