In the story "The Last Good Country" Nick has gotten himself in trouble with the law and has to hide from the law. He has the support of the community that seems to believe he was in he right. Even his mother supports his actions and is contrary to the wardens.
Nick's sister, Littless, is in love with her brother. She wants to marry him. She does not relate to the others in the family and wants to be with Nick. When he defies authority and runs away his sister has to be with him. They are young and experiencing an awakening, but Nick is more certain that brother and sister are not meant to be man and wife.
The ending is surprising but like many of Hemingway's stories, he leaves it open for the reader to speculate on his won verses him giving the full details. If we look deeper into the content of the story and the title, one can relate the government in the story to that of a communist government.
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