Indian Camp

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"Indian Camp" is an early short story by Ernest Hemingway that follows a young Nick Adams accompanying his doctor father to a Native American camp, where he witnesses birth, death, and the harsh realities of life.

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instanceOf literary work
short story
author Ernest Hemingway
collectionPublicationYear 1925
containsEvent Nick Adams crossing the lake at night
Nick Adams returning by boat at sunrise
cesarean section without anesthesia
suicide of the Native American husband
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresConcept child’s confrontation with mortality
professional detachment of a doctor
featuresCharacter Dr. Adams
George
Native American husband
Native American woman in labor
Nick Adams
firstPublicationYear 1924
firstPublishedIn The Transatlantic Review
surface form: Transatlantic Review
genre coming-of-age fiction
modernist fiction
psychological fiction
hasApproximateLength short story under 3000 words
hasSymbol the cabin
the lake
the razor
includedInSyllabi American literature courses
influencedBy Hemingway’s experiences in Michigan
language English
laterCollectedIn In Our Time
literaryMovement Lost Generation
literaryStyle Hemingway iceberg theory
mainCharacter Nick Adams
narrativePerspective third-person limited
openingLine At the lake shore there was another rowboat drawn up.
partOfSeries Nick Adams stories
protagonistAge young boy
setting Native American camp
rural Michigan
targetAudience adult readers
theme birth and death
father–son relationship
loss of innocence
race and class
suffering
the limits of medical control
violence
timePeriod early 20th century

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In Our Time hasPart Indian Camp
The End of Something relatedWork Indian Camp
Nick Adams appearsIn Indian Camp