Indian camp:
The father and son relationship:
Nick admires his father and seems very close to him. Nick trust his father, and he feels safe and secure, while they are together. In my opinion the trip is an educational trip for Nick, who gets an insight in “real life” issues such as life and death.
Nick trust his father, and the trip to the Indian land, maybe is a sort of identity building trip. The son also has big trust in the father; he believes that he can save the Indian woman no matter what.
Code Hero:
In the story, Nick Adams' father, a country doctor, has been summoned to an Indian camp to deliver a baby, with Nick and his uncle going along with him. At the camp, the father is forced to perform an emergency caesarean section using a jack-knife, with Nick as his assistant. Afterward, the woman's husband is discovered dead, having fatally slit his throat during the operation.
The father has to perform a heroic act so in that way he can be seen as the code hero.
The snows of Kilimanjaro:
Relationships:
Male point of view - His relationship to her:
It can never be an ultimate relationship because his focus is materialized.
Quotes:
- “But his wife said ‘Who is that letter from, my dear?’ and that was the end of the beginning of that.” [page 11 line 13-14].
- “Love is a dunghill” [page 5, in the middle]
- “I have never loved anyone else the way I love you… He slipped into the familiar lie.” [Page 43, end]
Female point of view - Her relationship to him:
It is a disaster relationship. Her need for confirmation is not for filed.
He can’t handle a rich man’s world where she comes from.
- He says all the time that he likes her, but it looks like that he doesn’t mean it
- Self-centered and acts like a baby
- It is not the ultimate relationship
Quotes:
- “That’s not fair. I love you now. I’ll always love you. Don’t you love me? “. “No, said the man. I don’t think so. I never have. ” [page 5, end]
- “But his wife said ‘Who is that letter from, my dear?’ and that was the end of the beginning of that.” [page 11 line 13-14].
A Farewell to Arms:
Relationships:
The romance between Frederic and Catherine in A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway parallels humanity's struggle between superstition and religion. Their relationship starts merely as a façade based on physical attraction, but quickly grows into a deeper love. At its commencement, Frederic and Catherine feel the need for something substantial.
When Frederic meets Catherine he finds her to be very beautiful and at first the relationship between them consists of a game based on his attempts to seduce her. He does try to make one attempt to try to kiss her, but Catherine becomes very offended and quickly slaps him on the face. Frederic learns from very early on that Catherine had lost her fiancé, who was killed during the war. Catherine is still rather shaken up from the experience and is not ready to really get into another relationship. Frederic has no intention of ever falling in love with her.
