" This story ends with the protagonist feeling "quite sure that he would never die," even though he has just witnessed a man slit his own throat while his wife is screaming because she is undergoing an operation without anaesthetic.
This short story is the subject of Amy Strong's paper "Screaming Through Silence." A section cut from the published version of this story, which sees the protagonist think about death while alone in a forest, was later published as "Three Shots." Near the end of this story, the water is described as being "warm in the sharp chill of the morning." When the protagonist of this story asks if dying is hard, the answer he gets is "No, I think it's pretty easyÂ… it all depends." This story ends with the protagonist feeling "quite sure that he would never die," even though he has just witnessed a man slit his own throat while his wife is screaming because she is undergoing an operation without anaesthetic. For 10 points, name this Hemingway story in which Nick Adams' father performs an emergency caesarean section in the title location.
This short story is the subject of Amy Strong's paper "Screaming Through Silence.
"Indian Camp"