Comparing Indian Camp By Ernest Hemingway And Two Words

Compare/Contrast Essay As modernist writers, Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner bring the declination of the real world into their own fictional worlds. The worlds they present resonate deeply within their own experiences, often traumatic and supplemental to who they are as a person. Particularly, both authors’ writings reflect their experience with war or the decay of society decades that follow the war. Ernest Hemingway’s “

"Indian Camp" in In Our Time, depicts Nick Adams a small boy, exposed to death for the first time. This story does not describe desperation nor does it include alcohol; rather, it demonstrates the promise held in the possibilities of life in Nick's final thoughts: "In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die" (Hemingway 95). Despite the events he witnesses in the camp, Nick's future seems boundless, as well as endless. Potential has no limits, and the pressures of fulfilling potential are, as yet, unknown to him. This first story in Hemingway's first published collection serves as a fitting point of departure for the descriptions of desperation that follow; Nick is free from the weight of potential, and judging by his enjoyment of the idyllic setting that surrounds him, it seems that he looks forward to the promise of life.

Hills Like White Elephants is the epitome of Ernest Hemingway’s legendarily concise writing. Comprised of basically only dialogue, the story forces its audience to deduce themes from microscopic shifts in the conversation between ‘the girl’ and ‘the American’. Through this meticulous diction, as well as through the use of powerful symbolism, Hills Like White Elephants encapsulates a recurring theme in Hemingway’s works: the superiority of men due to the emotional and dependent nature of women.

Hemingway’s usage of theme, setting, persuasive writing, and verbal irony helps to create different moods throughout the story. The theme “talk without communication”

Hemingway’s story relies primarily on dialogue. During the three page story, there are really only four sections that only provide description -- not counting small details like “he said” or “she said” or one sentence paragraphs like “The girl did not say anything” (Page 2). It is interesting that he chose to do this when considering it artistically. Descriptions of the characters, of the environment, of the objects people interact with are often major points of the story that reveal something to the reader. If nothing else, these descriptions fill out the story and make the world in which it is occurring feel real. Hemingway’s choice to use only dialogue shows the reader that they need to pay close attention to what the character’s are saying. The story lies in their words, not in the movements they make or how the

The world of Ernest Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River” exists through the mostly unemotional eyes of the character Nick. Stemming from his reactions and the suppression of some of his feelings, the reader gets a sense of how Nick is living in a temporary escape from society and his troubles in life. Despite the disaster that befell the town of Seney, this tale remains one of an optimistic ideal because of the various themes of survival and the continuation of life. Although Seney itself is a wasteland, the pine plain and the campsite could easily be seen as an Eden, lush with life and ripe with the survival of nature.

Sometimes it is more important to realize how the characters speak to each other or even what they decide not to say than what they are actually saying. Sometimes Hemingway has his characters saying only things that the other characters want to hear, in this way Hemingway shows the complexity of the way humans actually interact. A great example of Hemingway’s writing styles are displayed in "A Clean Well-Lighted Place”, this shows that a plot that could seem so simple can turn out actually truly complex. During this story Hemingway lets the characters speak, from the characters we find out the loneliness inside the two men and the apathetic animosity of the other. Another prime example of Hemingway’s writing styles are found in his short story “Hills like White Elephants”, when the story starts we see two people, a man and a woman, sitting at a table talking, Hemingway does not give the reader any prior knowledge, only the characters dialogue.

Earnest Hemingway is one of Americas foremost authors. His many works, their style, themes and parallels to his actual life have been the focus of millions of people as his writing style set him apart from all other authors. Many conclusions and parallels can be derived from Earnest Hemingway's works. In the three stories I review, ?Hills Like White Elephants?, ?Indian Camp? and ?A Clean, Well-lighted Place? we will be covering how Hemingway uses foreigners, the service industry and females as the backbones of these stories. These techniques play such a critical role in the following stories that Hemingway would be unable to move the plot or character development forward without them.

When reading Hemingway’s short story “Big Two-Hearted River” without proper knowledge and context of Nick Adam’s story after “Indian Camp,” various questions arise about Nick’s motivations for going out into the woods, heading to the swamp, and his psychological state. In this paper, I intend to analyze Nick’s motivations and psychological state before and during “Big Two-Hearted River” in reference to the question of whether or not this story can stand on its own and the effect of the caesarian delivery and war in Fossalta on Nick’s psyche.

“Big Two Hearted River”, a semi-autobiographical short story by Ernest Hemingway, is a story about the main character, Nick, returning to Big Two Hearted River in order to recover from his inner wounds. Nick Adams goes on a journey alone in nature for a therapeutic purpose as he suffers from PTSD. However, Hemingway purposely avoided any direct discussion regarding to Nick’s mental wounds. The absence of the discussion is contributed by Hemingway’s writing style, the Iceberg principle. Hemingway focuses explicitly on what occurs on the surface without mentioning actual theme. This indicates that the theme of self-healing cannot be uncovered by simply looking at the text itself. In order to comprehend the actual theme of the story, the character development of Nick must be examined. This is possible since Nick Adams is a recurring character of Hemingway’s stories. The two preceding stories of “Big Two Hearted River”, “Now I lay me” and “A Way you’ll Never Be”, directly discusses Nick’s suffering from shell-shock and how he comforts himself by returning to Big Two Hearted river in his mind. The two short stories will be analyzed and connected to “Big Two Hearted River” in the essay first. This will provide a strong understanding of Nick’s psyche and the reason behind his return to nature. Then, “Big Two Hearted River” the short story itself will be carefully analyzed.

Hemingway's "Indian Camp" concerns Nick Adams' journey into the unknown to ultimately experience and witness the full cycle of birth and death. Although Nick's experience is a major theme in the story, cultural inequality also is an issue that adds to the the story's narrative range. Throughout this short story, there are many examples of racial domination between Nick's family and the Indians. Dr. Adams' and Uncle George's racist behavior toward the Native Americans are based on the history of competition between Caucasians and America's indigenous peoples.

Many authors, critics, and everyday social readers define Ernest Hemingway as the prime example of 20th century American literature. Hemingway’s works transcend time itself, so that even readers today analyze and criticize his works. His works, of course, have drawn praises and animosity from all corners of the globe. Critics often applause Hemingway on his short simple prose, for which many people recognize him for. His writing builds upon the masterful usage of “short, simple words and short, simple sentences” (Wagner, 3) to create clear and easy to

Hemingway also uses images to tell you the choice they make. When it says “he picked up the two heavy bags and carried them around the station to the other tracks'; it is telling you that they changed their minds, chose the different path, and decided not to get the abortion. There are also some not so hidden images. When he describes the scenery Hemingway is just trying to give you an idea of the type of environment they are in.

“Hemingway’s greatness is in his short stories, which rival any other master of the form”(Bloom 1). The Old Man and the Sea is the most popular of his later works (1). The themes represented in this book are religion (Gurko 13-14), heroism (Brenner 31-32), and character symbolism (28). These themes combine to create a book that won Hemingway a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and contributed to his Nobel Prize for literature in 1954 (3).

Among all the stories I had the chance to read in this course, “Indian Camp” by Ernest Hemingway kept on reappearing on my mind, as if it was part of a movie I recently watched and its juxtapose of complexity vs. simplicity was longing for a deeper understanding and appreciation. Ernest Hemingway’s “Indian Camp” includes symbols with deeper meanings within the imagery and characters.