Instructions: Choose ONE of the quotes below to offer an explication. Make sure you explain the significance of the given quote as well as relate the quote to the rest of the work. Write between 400 – 500 words, double-spaced, 12pt. Times New Roman font.

Quotes: In Our Time 

“The End of Something”

Nick looked at the moon, coming up over the hills.

“It isn’t fun anymore.”

“Soldier’s Home”

He would have liked to have a girl but he did not want to get into the intrigue and the politics. He did not want to have to do any courting. He did not want to tell any more lies. It wasn’t worth it. 

“Big Two-Hearted River: Part I”

Nick was hungry. He did not believe he had ever been hungrier. He opened and emptied a can of pork and beans and a can of spaghetti into the frying pan. 

“I’ve got a right to eat this kind of stuff, if I’ willing to carry it,” Nick said. His voice sounded strange in the darkening woods. He did not speak again.