Indian Camp

Indian CampMikolaj Marciniak hear om indian camp(While writing this essay I didnt catch my book with me, so I had to find the novel online. Therefore I did non include any line-page references I gave examples from the text edition instead)Growing up can vary from country to country, from city to city, and from family to family. In this case, we have a young boy named Nick, who is the primary(prenominal) character in Indian Camp, and who is under the process of ripening up and he is experiencing it the hard way. The other main theme of the story is conduct and death, as the sick Indian lady gives turn in to a child, and her husband commits self-destruction beca engage of her sufferings and maybe some other reasons. There are three main characters in the story Nick, a young child, Nicks dad, a medical specify, and Uncle George, Nicks uncle. nowhere in the story is it stated that they are white (Caucasian) nor that they are related to each other. The reader business leader g et a different film due to the use of the word Uncle. However let us lift out that they are of Indian descent. In Indian societies, words like uncle and aunty have the same meaning as words in American societies mister and misses. Assuming that Nick and his Dad are Indians, this might explain why Nicks dad doesnt have anesthetic or proper cutting tools, much(prenominal) as scalpels or sutures.Oh, Daddy, cant you give her something to make her stop let loose? asked Nick. No. I havent any anesthetic, his receive said. But her screams are not important. I dont hear them because they are not important.It is because Native Americans do not always agree with modern society technologies they rely on their sanitary faith when it comes to medical curing and rejuvenation. Regardless of how one would interpret Nicks dads job, it is incontestible that although he is very good at his job, he has also modified equipment, meaning that he and his son might indeed be of Indian descent. As s tated before, Nicks father appears to be an educated person that is luck his under-educated society. For a very hanker time ago a doctor was just as important as the leader of a tribe. In some cases even more so. Every physical structure followed his directions without question even though the methods were in most cases ridiculous. Nowadays this authority has been minimized and doctors ways often function questioned and they are simple so-so(predicate) people. In Indian Camp Nicks father is presented as an ordinary person, with nobody bowing down or kneel to him. Nicks father appears to be a very simple person with ordinary hobbies such as fishing. This is shown in the text by Nick operate the lady with a jack-knife, which is normally used for gutting a fish.Thats one for the medical journal, George, he said. Doing a Caesarian with a jack-knife and sewing it up with nine-foot, lessen gut leaders.Another example in the text that emphasizes this is when Nicks father rows the gr avy holder back home, just like people after a long day of fishing. Nick rowing the boat is also another make of them be Indian, although this is not presented directly in the text. It is because if Nick and his father were white, the guides would have surely rowed them back home. Where did they go, by the way? Uncle George is a slightly controversial character. Everybody seems to know him around the camp. It is cognise that when women give birth and the father is come them, they usually scream at the father. In Indian Camp, the convey bites George, reflecting the mentioned behavior in some way. In return, George calls her squaw bitch which could be a sign of intimacy. If all this evidence isnt enough to prove my point that George might be the father, he also gives out cigars, which is a well known tradition. Last but not least, the reason the husband commits suicide is not just the screaming but because his wife is giving birth to a baby that is not his.The Indian lay with hi s face toward the wall. His pharynx had been cut from ear to ear. The blood had flowed down into a pool where his body sagged the bunk. His head rested on his left arm. The open razor lay, ring up, in the blankets. The last sentence of the citation above can be confusing. Razor? This cutting tool is fairly newer than a jack-knife, what is it doing in work force of a person that is apparently poorer than the doctor? Could Uncle George have had relations with the cause for money? If so, he might have been able to afford a razor and then give it to the poor Indian, knowing that he would use it to kill himself. In conclusion, I would like to state that there are many ways for the reader to interpret the story. Hemingway consciously wrote the story in a manner that only a little percentage is being exposed to the reader, meaning that we have to assume a lot and leave off Hemingways thoughts to make the story complete. According to me, the two main themes are growing up and life and death. The story gives two different messages horrors of growing up, and reasons for committing suicide. In both messages, Hemmingway warns us indirectly against the mistakes parents can make unknowingly charm raising their children, and what cheating can lead to if my theory was right, the husband connected suicide because the mother cheated, the suicide therefore results in another childs life being destroyed.