There is no third character. We know a lot about the subject, which goes through their conversation only. Bill and Nick have no specific purpose of meetings or talking. The weather creates a situation for them. This keeps them inside when they talk about different topics. Hemingway creates the situation of drinking so that they can reveal their feelings. The scene moves forward excluding the opening exposition. He talks about the weather- rainfall, storm, wind, surf, etc. suddenly, he begins to have different sorts of drinks and talk about games of baseball. The topic of their talk shifts to books and writing. They slowly get drunk and talk about their habits. Then, they talk about Nick's girlfriend. This is the climax of the story. The theme of this scene lastly talks about hunting and go to.When we read the drama, this scene opens one by one. The title of the story says something symbolically. Weather doesn’t remain the same always. Even a single day we can experience the fluctuation of weather. This is the principle of nature. Weather is dynamic; it doesn’t remain constant all the time. Just like the weather, mental conflict of the tension of suffering is presented in several scenes or sequence of events. In the beginning scene, nick looks calm but with the movement of different scenes, his calm face changes.
The setting of this story goes to be open with a nice scene. Nick is presented in the beginning on the way. He is going up to the village. The natural presentation is also seen. There is an orchard and we see the blowing of air, breeze that is the first autumn storm. Nick picks up an apple and keeps it in his pocket. The two characters Nick and Bill are presented inside the house. They have their personal talk. The story begins with the scene of woods, lakes, kitchen, sitting room, dining room etc. In the beginning, Nick is seen and the story ends with guns. They go down where Bill’s father was hunting. There are similar events between the weather and sequence of events of “The Three Days Blow”. There is conflict in the character Nick. He is getting confused about his girlfriend Marjorie. He wants to meet her again but Bill makes him leave her. He wants to marry her although her mother is bad. So the conflicts are similar. There is a union in both weather hand love of Nick with Marjorie. Weather becomes fair and love also becomes negotiable.
The story is dramatic because there are characters and dialogues and unity of time and place. There are two characters Nick and Bill who have continuous dialogues like in the drama. The setting of the story is also like a drama. There is internal and external scene. These scenes can be converted into the drama. They just talk about some little subject that is the subject matter of both drama and story. This story deals with love. Marjorie’s mother can be presented as an antagonist, Nick as a protagonist and Bill as an inciting force. So the story is dramatic.
The three-day blow and Nick’s mental condition are related. Marjorie’s business is the fundamental subject of the story. Nick, though he is not enjoyed with her, is going to get married. Because of her mother, he breaks relation from Marjorie, his beloved. After different kinds of talks, Bill and Nick’s conversations is concentrated. Marjorie’s business has broken his relation with her easily. So moment from Nick’s conflicts of love affairs, through suffering and separation to reconciliation ends. Thus Marjorie’s business is like a three day below that comes and disappears itself. The three-day blow comes, threatens and finally goes away. In the same way, conflict of love appears and disappears with despair and again with hope.
The Marjorie’s business is the fundamental subject of this story. Nick, though he was not engaged with her, was going to get married. Because of her mother, he broke relation from Marjorie, his beloved. His mother was very terrible. To marry her meant he would have married the whole family her mother.
Though the character Bill, the writer seems to be giving a practical message. Nick seems to be emotional but Bill is practical. Nick is ready to accept Marjorie although her mother was bad. He really loves her and ready to accept her. His life can be compared with the storm. The moment when he met Marjorie and he left her due to an unfavourable situation that moment is just like a violent storm, which doesn’t last for a long time in nature. Bill is practical. He says Nick to forget all the events related with Marjorie and lead his wife towards a new direction. Human life is a mixture of sorrow and happiness. If any disastrous event comes in our life also, we should control our emotion and lead our life towards a new phase and time happily. We should have the capacity to adjust with all the fluctuations that come into our life.
Understanding (Page 98)
1. Describe the setting in which the writer locates his characters.
Ans. According to the author, his characters are in a house next to a fire place. It is an autumn windy season. The setting is in a rural country side where the characters are drinking Irish whisky and the major part of the story always takes pace near the fireplace.
Rhetorical Strategies (Page 98)
1. What has the weather condition to do with the sequence of events?
Ans. The title "The three day blow" refers to the strong winds which blew for three days in the story. Over here we also witness the three chain of events which occurs, i.e Nick breaks up with his girlfriend Marjorie because he doesn't like her mother in law as he believes that he has to meet his mother in law each and every day and also he hates her behaviour. Next event was when they both get separated but at last reconcile and come back together. Just like the winds which grew stronger in one day and became weak the next day. The story's weather condition and the sequence of events are somewhat related.
2. The story is presented in a sequence of approximately seven scenes (excluding the opening exposition). Can you find them?
2. The story is presented in a sequence of approximately seven scenes (excluding the opening exposition). Can you find them?
Ans. In the first we come across Nick and Bill. Both standing together looking out across the country, down over the orchard, beyond the road, across the lower fields and woods of the point to the lake. Next scene is of them in a cottage sitting next to a fireplace drinking an old Irish whisky. Next scene is where Nick's shoes begins to steam in front of the fire. After which they start discussing about their favourite baseball player teams. And at the last they start discussing about their favourite book.
Discussion Questions (Page 98)
1. Discuss "The three day blow" as a dramatic story.
Ans. The three day blow can be called as a dramatic story as we can find certain elements of drama in it. The story isn't even like a major story, rather it is about two friends, Nick & Bill. Once in a blow, Nick came to Bill's house to meet him. Bill's father was not there. He was all alone in the house, so he became very glad to find Nick with him. The two friends started to drink. While drinking, they started to chat over different topics. They talked about games, books and writers. Thus, from one topic to another, Bill happens to start the topic about Nick's ex, whom he had broken up with because of her mother in law.
The story has also been dramatic because of the dramatic elements in it. The whole story is filled with dialogues and conversations like how it is in a drama.
The three day blow can be called as a dramatic story as we can find certain elements of drama in it. The story isn't even like a major story, rather it is about two friends, Nick & Bill. Once in a blow, Nick came to Bill's house to meet him. Bill's father was not there. He was all alone in the house, so he became very glad to find Nick with him. The two friends started to drink. While drinking, they started to chat over different topics. They talked about games, books and writers. Thus, from one topic to another, Bill happens to start the topic about Nick's ex, whom he had broken up with because of her mother in law.
The story has also been dramatic because of the dramatic elements in it. The whole story is filled with dialogues and conversations like how it is in a drama.There is no third character. We know a lot about the subject, which goes through their conversation only. Bill and Nick have no specific purpose of meetings or talking. The weather creates a situation for them. This keeps them inside when they talk about different topics. Hemingway creates the situation of drinking so that they can reveal their feelings. The scene moves forward excluding the opening exposition. He talks about the weather- rainfall, storm, wind, surf, etc. suddenly, he begins to have different sorts of drinks and talk about games of baseball. The topic of their talk shifts to books and writing. They slowly get drunk and talk about their habits. Then, they talk about Nick's girlfriend. This is the climax of the story. The theme of this scene lastly talks about hunting and go to.When we read the drama, this scene opens one by one. The title of the story says something symbolically. Weather doesn’t remain the same always. Even a single day we can experience the fluctuation of weather. This is the principle of nature. Weather is dynamic; it doesn’t remain constant all the time. Just like the weather, mental conflict of the tension of suffering is presented in several scenes or sequence of events. In the beginning scene, nick looks calm but with the movement of different scenes, his calm face changes.
The setting of this story goes to be open with a nice scene. Nick is presented in the beginning on the way. He is going up to the village. The natural presentation is also seen. There is an orchard and we see the blowing of air, breeze that is the first autumn storm. Nick picks up an apple and keeps it in his pocket. The two characters Nick and Bill are presented inside the house. They have their personal talk. The story begins with the scene of woods, lakes, kitchen, sitting room, dining room etc. In the beginning, Nick is seen and the story ends with guns. They go down where Bill’s father was hunting. There are similar events between the weather and sequence of events of “The Three Days Blow”. There is conflict in the character Nick. He is getting confused about his girlfriend Marjorie. He wants to meet her again but Bill makes him leave her. He wants to marry her although her mother is bad. So the conflicts are similar. There is a union in both weather hand love of Nick with Marjorie. Weather becomes fair and love also becomes negotiable.
The story is dramatic because there are characters and dialogues and unity of time and place. There are two characters Nick and Bill who have continuous dialogues like in the drama. The setting of the story is also like a drama. There is internal and external scene. These scenes can be converted into the drama. They just talk about some little subject that is the subject matter of both drama and story. This story deals with love. Marjorie’s mother can be presented as an antagonist, Nick as a protagonist and Bill as an inciting force. So the story is dramatic.
The three-day blow and Nick’s mental condition are related. Marjorie’s business is the fundamental subject of the story. Nick, though he is not enjoyed with her, is going to get married. Because of her mother, he breaks relation from Marjorie, his beloved. After different kinds of talks, Bill and Nick’s conversations is concentrated. Marjorie’s business has broken his relation with her easily. So moment from Nick’s conflicts of love affairs, through suffering and separation to reconciliation ends. Thus Marjorie’s business is like a three day below that comes and disappears itself. The three-day blow comes, threatens and finally goes away. In the same way, conflict of love appears and disappears with despair and again with hope.
The Marjorie’s business is the fundamental subject of this story. Nick, though he was not engaged with her, was going to get married. Because of her mother, he broke relation from Marjorie, his beloved. His mother was very terrible. To marry her meant he would have married the whole family her mother.
Though the character Bill, the writer seems to be giving a practical message. Nick seems to be emotional but Bill is practical. Nick is ready to accept Marjorie although her mother was bad. He really loves her and ready to accept her. His life can be compared with the storm. The moment when he met Marjorie and he left her due to an unfavourable situation that moment is just like a violent storm, which doesn’t last for a long time in nature. Bill is practical. He says Nick to forget all the events related with Marjorie and lead his wife towards a new direction. Human life is a mixture of sorrow and happiness. If any disastrous event comes in our life also, we should control our emotion and lead our life towards a new phase and time happily. We should have the capacity to adjust with all the fluctuations that come into our life.
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The story has also been dramatic because of the dramatic elements in it. The whole story is filled with dialogues and conversations like how it is in a drama.
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* The same above questions are asked in exam but for 5 marks or sometime for 10 marks
You should elaborate the answers.
You should elaborate the answers.
* To Elaborate Every time you write a short summary in 1st paragraph,
* Now give the answer of asked questions in 2nd paragraph,
* If you don't feel bore writing answers you can make it of 3 paragraphs by concluding the main theme of answer in 3rd paragraph.
Example:: 1. Discuss "The three day blow" as a dramatic story. [10 Marks]
The story has also been dramatic because of the dramatic elements in it. The whole story is filled with dialogues and conversations like how it is in a drama.There is no third character. We know a lot about the subject, which goes through their conversation only. Bill and Nick have no specific purpose of meetings or talking. The weather creates a situation for them. This keeps them inside when they talk about different topics. Hemingway creates the situation of drinking so that they can reveal their feelings. The scene moves forward excluding the opening exposition. He talks about the weather- rainfall, storm, wind, surf, etc. suddenly, he begins to have different sorts of drinks and talk about games of baseball. The topic of their talk shifts to books and writing. They slowly get drunk and talk about their habits. Then, they talk about Nick's girlfriend. This is the climax of the story. The theme of this scene lastly talks about hunting and go to.When we read the drama, this scene opens one by one. The title of the story says something symbolically. Weather doesn’t remain the same always. Even a single day we can experience the fluctuation of weather. This is the principle of nature. Weather is dynamic; it doesn’t remain constant all the time. Just like the weather, mental conflict of the tension of suffering is presented in several scenes or sequence of events. In the beginning scene, nick looks calm but with the movement of different scenes, his calm face changes.
The setting of this story goes to be open with a nice scene. Nick is presented in the beginning on the way. He is going up to the village. The natural presentation is also seen. There is an orchard and we see the blowing of air, breeze that is the first autumn storm. Nick picks up an apple and keeps it in his pocket. The two characters Nick and Bill are presented inside the house. They have their personal talk. The story begins with the scene of woods, lakes, kitchen, sitting room, dining room etc. In the beginning, Nick is seen and the story ends with guns. They go down where Bill’s father was hunting. There are similar events between the weather and sequence of events of “The Three Days Blow”. There is conflict in the character Nick. He is getting confused about his girlfriend Marjorie. He wants to meet her again but Bill makes him leave her. He wants to marry her although her mother is bad. So the conflicts are similar. There is a union in both weather hand love of Nick with Marjorie. Weather becomes fair and love also becomes negotiable.
The story is dramatic because there are characters and dialogues and unity of time and place. There are two characters Nick and Bill who have continuous dialogues like in the drama. The setting of the story is also like a drama. There is internal and external scene. These scenes can be converted into the drama. They just talk about some little subject that is the subject matter of both drama and story. This story deals with love. Marjorie’s mother can be presented as an antagonist, Nick as a protagonist and Bill as an inciting force. So the story is dramatic.
The three-day blow and Nick’s mental condition are related. Marjorie’s business is the fundamental subject of the story. Nick, though he is not enjoyed with her, is going to get married. Because of her mother, he breaks relation from Marjorie, his beloved. After different kinds of talks, Bill and Nick’s conversations is concentrated. Marjorie’s business has broken his relation with her easily. So moment from Nick’s conflicts of love affairs, through suffering and separation to reconciliation ends. Thus Marjorie’s business is like a three day below that comes and disappears itself. The three-day blow comes, threatens and finally goes away. In the same way, conflict of love appears and disappears with despair and again with hope.
The Marjorie’s business is the fundamental subject of this story. Nick, though he was not engaged with her, was going to get married. Because of her mother, he broke relation from Marjorie, his beloved. His mother was very terrible. To marry her meant he would have married the whole family her mother.
Though the character Bill, the writer seems to be giving a practical message. Nick seems to be emotional but Bill is practical. Nick is ready to accept Marjorie although her mother was bad. He really loves her and ready to accept her. His life can be compared with the storm. The moment when he met Marjorie and he left her due to an unfavourable situation that moment is just like a violent storm, which doesn’t last for a long time in nature. Bill is practical. He says Nick to forget all the events related with Marjorie and lead his wife towards a new direction. Human life is a mixture of sorrow and happiness. If any disastrous event comes in our life also, we should control our emotion and lead our life towards a new phase and time happily. We should have the capacity to adjust with all the fluctuations that come into our life.
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