Ernest Hemingway's "Indian Camp" is a story in which a man looks back upon a very influential event in his childhood. The story tells of a young boy named Nick, who watches as his father aids in the birth of a young Indian child. The circumstances that arrive during this event shape the "older Nick's" perception of his father, as well as life and mortality. After taking a closer look at the characters in the short story "Indian Camp" one character stood out from the rest, Nick's father. A closer look at Nick's father shows that he is a paradoxical figure. On one hand, Nick's father appears to be a great loving father who is caring and nurturing and only wants the best for his son. On the other hand, Nick's father can be seen as uncaring, insensitive, and not very compassionate at all.
Some incidents that led you to believe that Nick's father was loving, caring, and only wanted the best for his son. "Nick lay back with his fathers arms around him." (Pg 67) This shows that Nick's father is affectionate toward his son and is a caring father. When at the home of the Indian woman Nick's father begins to explain to him why they are there. He tells him that the woman is very sick and that she needs his help. The woman is screaming in agony and Nick's father tells him that, " What she is going through is called being in labor. The baby wants to be born and she wants it to be born. All her muscles are trying to get the baby born. That is what is happening when she screams." (Pg 68) This is a rather direct way of telling your son what happens when a woman is in labor, but as a doctor maybe he wanted his son to learn biologically what went on. After the baby is born Nick's father finds out that the Indian woman husband had committed suicide. " Take Nick out of the shanty, George"(Pg 69) and "I"m terribly sorry I brought you along, Nickie. It was an awful mess to put you through."(Pg 69)This also helps to show how in some sense's Nick's father has compassion for his son.
The believable characters in the story make Indian Camp realistic to the reader. The plot of Indian Camp involved both heroism and tragedy. ... For this reason Indian Camp turned out to be a very interesting story amidst unusual plot-twists. ... In Indian Camp it also helped the storyline progress. ... The narrative in Indian Camp was very efficient at giving the reader a much greater perception into it. ...
Indian Camp Criticism Relationships are very important in the world these days. ... Earnest Hemingway presents a normal father-son relationship in the story "Indian Camp". ... "Indian Camp" shows many views of a father-son relationship. ...
The Indian Camp In the world today there are many types of relationships. ... Earnest Hemingway presents a good father -son relationship story Indian Camp. ... The Indian Camp story tells different sides of a father-son relationship. The Indian camp story was a little positive and negative, but the story was mostly positive. ...
In my eyes, Indian Camp is about ways of life and death. ... There is a woman in the camp that has been having difficulties with her child's birth for two days before the arrival of the doctor. ... Upon arrival the doctor realizes that he will have to operate on this Indian woman. ...
Ernest Hemingway diverges from the path of the typical protagonist in an initiation story with "Indian Camp." ... Though much of the story does follow the orthodox pattern of an initiation, Nick, the protagonist in "Indian Camp," does not come to such a realization in the end. ... Though all of Campbell"s criteria for being an initiation story is not present in "Indian Camp," this story unarguably represents an initiation, or a loss of innocence, for Nick. First, the separation occurs when Nick arrives at the camp. ... Undoubtedly, Nick does not feel "at home" while at the Indian Camp. ...
Indian Camp Nick Adams followed his father to an Indian camp to witness his father help a women through childbirth. At first glance "Indian Camp" seems to be about a boy's right of passage experience, as he witnesses a child's birth. This beautiful feminine act, however, is describe through masculine eyes, and therefore is more about the father's development than it is about Nick's or the Indian woman. ... He is trying to prove his masculinity to his son, and he wants to show that he has control of the lives of the Indian woman and her baby. ... "Later when he star...
There was constant fighting among the Indian and whites as the Indians fought to keep their civilization. ... Camps of the Sioux war faction were strung out along the Tongue River, and the restless warriors constantly raided the trail and the posts. ... His followers then fled, some to the camp of Chief Big Foot. The 7th Cavalry pursued the Sioux to a camp near Wounded Knee Creek. On December 29, 1890, a shot was fired within the camp and the army began shooting. 40 white soldiers and more 300 of the Indians including women and children died. ...
Hence, American Indians suffrages and nightmares began. ... They were left to linger in poverty in virtual concentration camp condition while food and supplies promised in treaties were sold else where. ... The Indian problem did not stop here. ... The difference conceptions of land use between white and Indian created so much misunderstanding of Indians. ... However, the Act had worked badly for the Indian. ...
The excuse of Manifest Destiny was used when the Indians were being removed from the Mississippi River area. ... This was a place made by the white Americans, west of the Mississippi River for the Indians to live. ... Around 1863, the Ute Indian tribe got a taste of this Manifest Destiny first hand. ... The Ute, like many of the Indian tribes, agreed to the compromise under the condition that as soon as the miners were done they would leave and not set up camp, or live there for good. ... The whites sometimes did not even use any excuses, but just used brute force to move the Indians out. ...