Indian Camp
Indian Camp
The story ‘Indian Camp’ is written by Ernest Hemingway and its main plot is to show how children and adults are affected differently by certain experiences, and what personal implications this causes. ‘Indian Camp’ is about a son witnessing his father, a doctor, preforming a caesarean on an Indian woman in very primitive conditions. The experience changes the boy’s view upon life and death and forces him to grow up quicker than he is supposed to because he gets introduced to the cruelties of dying.
Indian Camp takes place in America when there was still a large Indian community who lived together in tribes. The doctor, his son Nick and a character named Uncle George enter the camp by boat, followed by the locals. They are shown to a hut, where the woman in labour lies in pain. Her husband is there as well; however he is also lying down because he’s got a severe injury to his foot caused by an axe.
During the surgery, the doctor asks Uncle George to hold the woman down because he has no anaesthetics, and this causes the woman to bite him hard in his arm. Furthermore the labour scene is made dramatic because the doctor is forced to rely on very simple equipment such as a knife and “tapered gut leaders” but when he is successful, he feels a rush of pride. This emotion however, is not felt by Nick who chooses to look away. This shows that he may be too young to become an intern despite what his father is portrayed to desire for him.
The main point in this story is after the caesarean has been performed and the doctor tries to get the attention of the woman’s husband. As he touches him, he becomes aware of the fact that his neck is covered in blood and before it’s too late, Nick sees that the Indian man has slit his throat with a razor blade. His father then asks Uncle George to get Nick out of the shanty but he’s seen the blood and the dead man already. This then causes Nick to question his father about death when they are on their way back from the
The story ‘Indian Camp’ is written by Ernest Hemingway and its main plot is to show how children and adults are affected differently by certain experiences, and what personal implications this causes. ‘Indian Camp’ is about a son witnessing his father, a doctor, preforming a caesarean on an Indian woman in very primitive conditions. The experience changes the boy’s view upon life and death and forces him to grow up quicker than he is supposed to because he gets introduced to the cruelties of dying.
Indian Camp takes place in America when there was still a large Indian community who lived together in tribes. The doctor, his son Nick and a character named Uncle George enter the camp by boat, followed by the locals. They are shown to a hut, where the woman in labour lies in pain. Her husband is there as well; however he is also lying down because he’s got a severe injury to his foot caused by an axe.
During the surgery, the doctor asks Uncle George to hold the woman down because he has no anaesthetics, and this causes the woman to bite him hard in his arm. Furthermore the labour scene is made dramatic because the doctor is forced to rely on very simple equipment such as a knife and “tapered gut leaders” but when he is successful, he feels a rush of pride. This emotion however, is not felt by Nick who chooses to look away. This shows that he may be too young to become an intern despite what his father is portrayed to desire for him.
The main point in this story is after the caesarean has been performed and the doctor tries to get the attention of the woman’s husband. As he touches him, he becomes aware of the fact that his neck is covered in blood and before it’s too late, Nick sees that the Indian man has slit his throat with a razor blade. His father then asks Uncle George to get Nick out of the shanty but he’s seen the blood and the dead man already. This then causes Nick to question his father about death when they are on their way back from the