The Three Day Blow

The three day blow

*Ernest Hemingway

“The three day blow” is an analogy between Nick’s mental pressure and the blow of winter wind. Nick and Bill are main characters. When the rain stopped, Nick turned into the road, which went through the orchard. Because of the wind’s blow, the fruits had been fallen and base trees looked like skeletons. The road led Nick onto the top of the hill to a cottage with the porch from which smoke was coming out of the chimney. Bill came out to welcome Nick. They went inside and founds that Bill’s father was absent because he had gone hunting. They sat in front of the hearth (fire lace), started drinking Whisky, and continued it until they become intoxicated. When thy started their talks, it seemed as if they were conducting conversation in a high plane.

In a funny mood, they talked about baseball and their favorite players. They also talked about books, novels and their favorite writers like Walpole and Chesterson. According to Bill’s father opening new bottles makes a man drunkard, whereas Nick’s father believes that solitary drinking makes a man drunkard.

In the end, their course of conversation turned to marriage and love affairs. They thought that once a man gets married, he is destroyed. Bill reminded Nick of his affair with a girl named Marjorie with whom the relation could not run in a creamy way. As the three-day blow plucked fruits from trees, their dreams of marrying, travelling together and enjoying a lot was shattered.

When nick remembered all these things, he became undrunk and rational. Then Bill suggested that Nick should renew and refresh his love. Nick felt better as Bill gave him consolation. Then they went down the hill and heard a gunshot. Nick dreamed that he was going to visit marriage on Saturday night.

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