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1、UnitOneTextATheEndofSomethingIntroductoryRemarksAnalysisofthestory(byNorskSkole)“TheEndofSomething",byErnestHemingway,isashortstoryabouttwoyoungpeoplewhowitnesshowtimecanchangetheworldandthepeopleinit.Hemingwayusesthisstorytoconveyhowthischangehappensallthetime,andhoweverdesperatelyyouclingtothe"pr
2、esent",thepresentonlylastsforthatone,fleetingmomentyourealizeitisthere,thenitisgone,past,anditcanneverbepresentagain.Tounderstandthismessage,onemustlookatthewayHemingwaywritesthisstory,howheusesthebrokenmill,thefish'snotstriking,andthecharactersinthemselvestotellusastoryfarbeyondwhatweread.Thebroke
3、nmillrepresentsNickandMarjorie'sbrokenrelationship.Once,themillwasthecenterofalumberingtown,HortonsBay.Thetownwasaplacewithpeople,shops,andactivity.Inthepresentofthestory,themillliesdeserted,asdoesthetown,forthemillwaswhathadmadeHortonsBayatowninthefirstplace.Similarly,NickandMarjoriewereyoungeronc
4、e,youngerandmorecareless.Clearly,theyarenotold,butitseemsthatquiteafewyearshavepassedsincetheymet.Atthattime,theydidnothaveallthatmuchtothinkorworryabout,andtheirrelationshipflourished.Itisevidentthat,inthepresentofthestory,NickandMarjoriehavegrownapart.Theycannotrelateasmuchtoeachotheranymore,norc
5、antheystayyoungforever,thustheweakfoundationoftheirrelationshipistorndownandleftinpieces.Forperhapstheiryouthwaswhatmadetheirrelationshipwhatitwas,justasthemillmadethetownwhatitwas.AsNickandMarjorienowrowalongtheshore,theytrollforfish,buttheydonotgetany.Thefish'snotstrikingisasymbolofNick'slackofin
6、terestintheirrelationship."'They'refeeding,'Marjoriesaid.'Buttheywon'tstrike,'Nicksaid."ThereareprobablythingsNickandMarjoriecoulddo,thereareprobablywaystheycouldtrytofixtheirrelationship,butNickhaslostinterest;thefishwillnotstrikeanymore,andloveisnotfunanymore.Theloveisthere,butithasceasedtoappeal
7、toNick.Thegoodoldpastsimplyisn'tgoodenoughanymore.Marjorie,ontheotherhand,clingstowhatisleftandstillhopesforthebest."Marjoriedidnotreelinuntiltheboattouchedtheshore."Shedoesnotwanttogiveuponcatchingthosefis
