Indian Camp
An Analysis of Ernest Hemmingway's Indian Camp
Ernest Hemmingway's Indian Camp has varied degrees of ideas and issues. Each time I read the story or look at a specific passage, I understand it a bit differently. Keeping an open mind while reading helps to understand the story with many different assumptions or conclusions. The readers are left to assume and add their input to complete the story.
The story never states that Nick, Nick's father or Uncle George are Caucasian. Nor does it say they are related. I believe the reader can assume this due to the use of "Uncle" with Georges' name. However, I personally have friends that are not blood relatives, yet they are considered family and called Aunt or Uncle so and so. Let's assume that all three of these characters are also Indians. Prehaps they come across the river because they belong to a separate tribe. Based on this assumption, the whole story changes. Uncle George calling the biting, laboring woman a "Damn Squaw......
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