In Our Time: Connections

"The End of Something"

• "The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife": These two stories are similar in that they both have a lovey-dovey wife (or basically wife to be) who seems to be in big contrast to the somewhat angry men of the story.
• "On the Quai at Smyrna": These two stories are similar because they contain a story within the story in which the main character is remembering something that happened a while back .
• "The Three-Day Blow": The action of breaking up with Marge in "The End of Something" affects the overall tone of this story because it happens shortly after and reveals Nick's true emotions towards their separation. 
• "Indian Camp": These two stories differ in that in the "End of Something", we see a more adult, mature side of Nick while in this story, he is still very childish and immature. However it can be said that Indian Camp was some sort of a turning point in his life.
• Chapter III: These two are similar in a more symbolic way in that in "The End of Something", Nick ends it with Marge at a very vulnerable time in their relationship (when she truly loved him), and in this short story, the narrator speaks of shooting a man while he only has one leg over the wall, which would be a very vulnerable time. 

-Callie and Rachel Y