An Analysis of Inequality in Hemingway’s
“Indian Camp”
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二○○八年十二月二十七日
An Analysis of Inequality in Hemingway’s
“Indian Camp”
Abstract
It says, “Hemingway?s characters are people disillusioned by the loss of faith and hope, mostly war wounded, or men of simple character and primitive emotions” [1] in a book of a professor, Lu Ming. The husband commits suicide because lost his faith and hope. He does not find any reason to himself to have a life. And I think death, war, and especially inequality are a recurrent theme in his works. My own essay base on the inequality what Hemingway shows in Indian Camp and give a brief analysis of the theme by listing the contrary scenes. And show Hemingway?s attitude about race, gender and person.
Key Words: Indian Camp, inequality, contrast, race, gender, person
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摘要
卢敏说“海明威小说里的人物都是一些散失了信念和希望的人，主要是战争中受伤的人，或性格简单和有很原始情绪的人”。文中的这个丈夫的角色之所以自杀是因为他散失了自己的信念和希望，他也未能找到活下去的理由。我同样认为死亡、战争，尤其是不平等是海明威著作中的主要主题。我的本篇文章将基于海明威在印第安人营地里所展现的在种族、性别和人物上的不平等，通过一系列对比的方法来展现他在这个故事中所要表达的关于不平等性的主题。
关键词：印第安人营地；不平等；对比；种族；性别；人物
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Contents
Abstract………………………………………………………………............ⅱ 摘要 …….......................................................................................................ⅲ Part I Itroduction…................................................................................. …….1 A． The background of Indian Camp …………………………………….1 B． The outline of the Indian Camp ………………………………………1 C. The brief introduction …………………………………………………..2 Part II Inequality in race…................................................................................. 2 Part III Inequality in gender…………………………………………………….4 Part Ⅳ Inequality in person…….………………………………………………5 Part Ⅴ Conclusion …….……………………………………………………7 Notes ……………………………………………………….……………………7 References ……………………………………………………….………………8
Part I Introduction
A． The background of Indian Camp:
Indian Camp is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway. The story was first published in 1924 in Ford Madox Ford's literary magazine Transatlantic Review in Paris and republished by Boni & Liveright in Hemingway's first American volume of short stories In Our Time in 1925. Hemingway's semi-autobiographical character Nick Adams—a child in this story—makes his first appearance in Indian Camp, told from his point of view. [6]
B．The outline of the Indian Camp
The story begins in the dark, before sunrise young Nick Adams, the protagonist accompanies his father, a physician, are summoned to an Indian Camp. As Nick, his father, and Uncle George are rowed across the lake by some Indian men. On their way to Indian Camp, Nick?s father explains that they are going to the camp to treat an “Indian lady who is very sick.” When they arrive, they see that on a wooden bunk the pregnant woman lies who has been in labor for two days and the upper berth of which holds her husband who hurt his foot with an ax three days before. After struggling many hours,
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