The presence of racism in Hemi
There are many questions that Hemingway's novel raises in the reader, but I'm only going to talk about the presence of racism in it. At first reading one might not notice the signs of racism, and might not understand why the young Indian man killed himself while his wife was giving birth to their baby. These questions cannot be fully answered of course, because we do not know the writer's intentions. Every statement I'm going to make is based on my own opinion, other people might have different interpretations of this novel.I think Nick's father and Uncle George were aware of their racist attitude, but they tried to hide it even from themselves. They tried to act as if they looked at the Indians as equal, for example when Uncle George gave both Indians (who were rowing the boats) cigars. This gesture is particularly important, because of the special meaning of "smoking" in the Native American culture. I also think that the lack of Nick's father's self esteem can partly be caused by his bad conscience. This is why he needs Uncle George to reassure him: "Oh, you're a great man, all right."On the contrary to the above, they sometimes fall out of this "role". For example when Nick asks his father to give anaesthetic to the Ind
He had to let these men into his shantie, and hear all those remarks that these white men made about his people. The situation of Indians is still a central issue in the United States, (just like racism), although the leaders of the country are trying to improve the conditions. "Uncle George said, 'Damn squaw bitch!' and the young Indian who had rowed Uncle George over laughed at him. And couldn't the sentence : "I don't hear them, because they are not important. They just did not care about it at all. The young Indian smiled reminiscently. I don't hear them, because they are not important. ian lady who is in labour, the father answers the following? ". And now, above all of this, he had to call a white man to help his wife in giving birth to their child. Maybe because the would "take" anything for a cigar? Is their pride, dignity this cheap?In my opinion Nick's father was aware that the young Indian man killed himself because of these reasons. It must be hard for an Indian, whose country was "stolen" by the white people to acquiesce in depending on the whites financially. The lives of these Indians depended on the white people, who bought the wood from them. " These Indian men were not offended by the remarks of Uncle George, they did not defend the Indian woman. And this man also had to face the fact that the members of the Indian nation - which was such a proud nation once- have lost their dignity, because they did not care about the remarks of the whites at all.
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