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Ernest Hemingway's "Indian Camp" is a story in which a man looks back upon a very influential event in his childhood. The story tells of a young boy named Nick, who watches as his father aids in the birth of a young Indian child. The circumstances that arrive during this event shape the "older Nick's" perception of his father, as well as life and mortality. Nick experiences his first eye-opening experience in the lines on …

…or not young Nick perceives it in this manner. These two events are very implicit of the changing of view of the younger Nick portrayed in the story and the older Nick who is telling the story. The older Nick shows that this event had a large impact in changing his views about life, and seemingly more importantly, his father. A birth of animosity becomes evident, as well as ideas about social status, and mortality.