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Analyze of Indian Camp

This document analyzes the short story "Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway. It discusses characterizations, time and place, language, narrator point of view, symbols and themes in the story. It then answers specific questions about the story's setting in 1800s North America, the third-person narration from Nick's perspective, Nick and his father's roles, Nick's age and experiences, and themes of growth and the cycle of life. The document interprets the meaning behind the husband's suicide and the minor role of Uncle George. It concludes that the overall theme is growing up and that the title fits the story well.

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Analyze of Indian Camp

This document analyzes the short story "Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway. It discusses characterizations, time and place, language, narrator point of view, symbols and themes in the story. It then answers specific questions about the story's setting in 1800s North America, the third-person narration from Nick's perspective, Nick and his father's roles, Nick's age and experiences, and themes of growth and the cycle of life. The document interprets the meaning behind the husband's suicide and the minor role of Uncle George. It concludes that the overall theme is growing up and that the title fits the story well.

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Analyzing fiction + questions to Indian Camp

Characterizations
Time and place (environment)
Language
Narrator:
1st person (I), 3rd person (he, she, it)
Unreliable or reliable narrator?
Point of view
Metaphors, symbols etc.
Message, moral
Theme

Answering questions to Indian Camp:


1. North America in St. Ignace in 1800
2. 3rd person: His, he, she
3. We se the story from Nicks point of view
4. Nick is the main character. In the whole story we see it from his site and we follow him and his
thoughts
5. Nick, his father and his uncle George have been called out to deliver a baby for a woman in
labor. Nick is with his father to see how it is to be a doctor. When the baby is born, they found
out that the husband has committed suicide. Nick tells himself that he would never die.
6. He is a good and well-educated doctor and a serious man. He really wants to learn his son
about being a doctor and how reel life is. I think he gets proud after the caesarian operation.
He takes Nick with him because he wants to learn his son about being a doctor, and because
he wants Nick to be like him.
He can turn his emotions off: I dont hear her scream, they are not important His tough.
To say Nicki and not Nick shows us that he feels sorry for Nick because he dragged him
with him. Its more like a caring way to say his name.
7. I think he is about 13-16 years old. Its hard to say, because he is going to be an intern.
I really think that Nick look up to his father.
Nick does not really know what is going on. His father said, that they had to take care of a sick
woman, not a woman in labour. Maybe Nick gets a little scared, because he did not think it

was going to be like that.


He feels more alive after his experience. It could also be the adrenalin, maybe thats why he
thinks that he will never die.
In the beginning of the story it is dark, and this darkness represents Nicks unawareness - at
this time he doesnt know where he and his father are going, he is nave and immature. At the
end, Nick and his father row across the lake in the early daylight. At this time Nick has
witnessed the beauty of birth and the sorrow of death; the circle of life. His experiences have
caused him to grow; this growth is symbolized by the light of the new day.
8. It is hard to say why the husband commits suicide; there are many different ways to interpret
this act. It could be because he couldnt stand the fact that his wife was in so much pain; a pain
showed by her screams, which werent important according to Nicks father. It could also be
because of shame - either because he wasnt able to help his wife give birth to their son and
needed help from two white men, or maybe he felt ashamed because he knew it wasnt his
child.
9. Uncle George also joins Nick and his father on the trip to the Indian tribe. He doesnt play an
active role in helping the Indian woman, but does however give out cigars to some of the
people standing behind him.
10. I would say that the theme in this story is: Growing up and personal development.
11. I that that the title fits the story very well. Nick, his father and Uncle George comes to an
Indian camp where the woman is in labour.

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