Growing up
There comes a point in every person's life when they gain a profound realizationabout growing up. Both Ernest Hemingway and Stephen King describe situations in their stories where this is intended to happen. In "Indian camp" and "The Last Rung on the Ladder" the main characters encounter incidents that help them grow and mature. In "Indian Camp", Nick undergoes several significant experiences, but he fails to reach an epiphany. Nick is brought to the Indian camp and he witnesses a baby being born (2). He is lucky to have the opportunity to witness something so special. It is sad though that he cannot appreciate the miracle of birth for what it is, and is rather indifferent towards the whole thing. After the baby is born, they go to check on the father and find that he slit his throat, "Nick, standing in the doorway of the kitchen, had a good view of the upper bunk when his father, the lamp in one hand, tipped the Indians
If he had taken the time to pay attention to his sister's cries for help, such a tragedy could have been avoided. In "The Last Rung on the Ladder", Katrina commits suicide, and Larry finally realizes that his family is more important than his profession. Nevertheless, unlike the delivery of the baby, Nick is interested in the self-inflicted death of the Indian and he wants to see the dead body because he is curious about loss of life and he doesn't know what to make of it. Because of his unfamiliarity with the whole idea of passing away, Nick has abstract ideas about it, and that is why he thinks he will never die. Nick is too young to understand either of the two occurrences that he observes, so he is not scared or amazed. Nick actually witnesses it firsthand, but strangely, in the end it makes him believe that he will live forever. felt quite sure that he would never die" (4). After telling about his childhood, the narrator says "Somehow it never ended until nine days ago, when Kitty jumped from the top story of an insurance building in Los Angeles.
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