# Marjorie — Short Fiction character guide

> Marjorie in Short Fiction by Ernest Hemingway.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Marge

**First appearance:** 0008-the-end-of-something

## Snapshot

Nick Adams's girlfriend on a fishing trip that is really a breakup, cheerful about the picnic until she understands what is happening.

## Who they are

Marjorie rows the boat, baits her own hooks, and knows the river better than most of the men in town, which makes her a genuine companion rather than a decorative one. She is easy with Nick in the old way, teasing and competent, and that ease is exactly what he has stopped feeling. When he tells her it isn't fun anymore, her composure breaks and she leaves in the boat, and the story's real subject—what Nick loses by ending it—walks out with her.

## Relationships

### [Nick Adams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/nick_adams)

_romantic_

Marjorie and Nick Adams are young lovers, with their relationship marked by innocence and eventual conflict.

### [Nick Adams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/nick_adams)

_romantic_

Marjorie and Nick Adams are young lovers, with their relationship marked by innocence and eventual conflict.

### [Nick Adams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/nick_adams)

_romantic_

Marjorie and Nick Adams are young lovers, with their relationship marked by innocence and eventual conflict.

## In the story

### [The End of Something](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/chapters/the-end-of-something)

Marjorie enjoys fishing with Nick, but becomes upset when Nick ends their relationship; she leaves by boat.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/marjorie
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters