1. What else do you think Hemmingway may be saying through the setting in this story? I think that he might be saying that you can’t let anything go that you like to do or to be with.
2. Why does he use the contrasting setting of the burned out area with the lush, green setting? He uses that because Nick probably feels that he can’t stand being there in the field with out Marjorie just because they went fishing with each other all the time.
3. What does Nick's traveling through the burned out area to the lush green area symbolize? It symbolizes that he can do anything that he has done with the person he loved then go back and do it with out the person he loves.
4. What does the swamp area symbolize? I don’t know.
5. When does Nick, if ever, plan to go to the swamp? He never goes to the swamp.