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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Indian Camp canonical 6

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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 ⓘ
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 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 ⓘ
Never Land → hasLocation → Indian Camp ⓘ
Dr. Adams → appearsIn → Indian Camp ⓘ