Indian Camp analysis
INDIAN CAMP
CHARATERISATION OF NICK
Nick is the main character in the short story Indian Camp. Trough the story he goes through a big change. In the start of the short story, we get some information which indicates that our narrator Nick is young. His father is holding him in his arms, which you normally, especially with boys, only do when your kids are young. His father is also giving him some simplified informations. When Nick asks his father where they are going, his father tells him that they are going to the Indian camp to help a very sick woman. When we read further on in the short story, we discover that the woman is not sick, but is in labor and she has troubles delivering the baby. His father does not tell him that, because he thinks Nick is too young to understand. As we read further on, we follow Nick’s development. When the Indian woman is giving birth to her baby, Nick will not look at it, because he is not ready to see it yet. We see that in the quote “He was looking away so as not to see what his father was doing.” Later when his father discovers the dead man in the upper bunk, Nick is staring at the body; “Nick standing in the door of the kitchen, had a good view of the upper bunk when his father, the lamp in one hand, tipped the Indian’s head back”. This quote shows that he has now grown. He does not look away, but has grown to be strong and look at the parts of life, which are not pretty. He becomes braver and more curious. We see that in the end where Nick is asking his father questions about life and death. His father answers him as he was talking to a grown up man. He does not simplify his answers, as he does in the start of the story. When Nick asks his father the question; “why did he kill himself, Daddy?”, his father answers; “I don’t know , Nick…”. For the first time Nick’s father is not able to answers his questions. They both do not know why the Indian man killed himself, and they are no equal. A quote, which emphasizes the
CHARATERISATION OF NICK
Nick is the main character in the short story Indian Camp. Trough the story he goes through a big change. In the start of the short story, we get some information which indicates that our narrator Nick is young. His father is holding him in his arms, which you normally, especially with boys, only do when your kids are young. His father is also giving him some simplified informations. When Nick asks his father where they are going, his father tells him that they are going to the Indian camp to help a very sick woman. When we read further on in the short story, we discover that the woman is not sick, but is in labor and she has troubles delivering the baby. His father does not tell him that, because he thinks Nick is too young to understand. As we read further on, we follow Nick’s development. When the Indian woman is giving birth to her baby, Nick will not look at it, because he is not ready to see it yet. We see that in the quote “He was looking away so as not to see what his father was doing.” Later when his father discovers the dead man in the upper bunk, Nick is staring at the body; “Nick standing in the door of the kitchen, had a good view of the upper bunk when his father, the lamp in one hand, tipped the Indian’s head back”. This quote shows that he has now grown. He does not look away, but has grown to be strong and look at the parts of life, which are not pretty. He becomes braver and more curious. We see that in the end where Nick is asking his father questions about life and death. His father answers him as he was talking to a grown up man. He does not simplify his answers, as he does in the start of the story. When Nick asks his father the question; “why did he kill himself, Daddy?”, his father answers; “I don’t know , Nick…”. For the first time Nick’s father is not able to answers his questions. They both do not know why the Indian man killed himself, and they are no equal. A quote, which emphasizes the