In Our Time (short story collection) we are in hell." Hemingway conjures a world where "the weak are pitilessly exploited by the strong, and ... all functions of life ... promise only pain." Hemingway's semi-autobiographical character Nick Adams is "vital to Hemingway's career", writes Mellow, and generally his character reflects Hemingway's experiences. Nick, who features in eight of the stories, is an alter ego, a means for Hemingway to express his own experiences, from the first story '"Indian Camp" which features Nick as a child. According to critic Howard Hannum, the trauma of birth and suicide Hemingway paints in "Indian Camp" rendered a leitmotif that gave
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber but the first is only wounded and retreats into the bush. Macomber now feels confident. They all three drink whisky in celebration. Margot even shows appreciation for Francis' kill, though, she quickly becomes unsettled as pointed out by Wilson, who again in interior monologue, turns his critical eye on Margot. He senses a shift in her viewpoint toward her husband. In his point of view, she now fears her husband's growing confidence. Wilson is proud of Francis and feels his job is done. He's helped Francis stand up to his adulterous wife. He’s helped him kill a buffalo. At no