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The Indian Woman’s Husband
Uncle George largely spends “Indian Camp” assisting Nick’s father in his operation. He’s an affable man who gets along with the Native American men and, like Nick, greatly admires Nick’s father, flattering him with compliments and calling him a “great man” after he successfully performs the operation. Uncle George lets his prejudice show during the operation when he calls the Indian woman a “squaw bitch” after she bites him.
Uncle George Quotes in Indian Camp
The Indian Camp quotes below are all either spoken by Uncle George or refer to Uncle George. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Indian Camp Quotes
Inside on a wooden bunk lay a young Indian woman. She had been trying to have her baby for two days. All the old women in the camp had been helping her. The men had moved off up the road to sit in the dark and smoke out of range of the noise she made. She screamed just as Nick and the two Indians followed his father and Uncle George into the shanty.
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Prior to this passage, Nick’s father only told Nick that they are going to the Indian camp to help a sick Indian woman. In this passage, however, it is clear that the woman is going through a difficult labor, and that Nick’s father is there to help deliver the baby. The fact that the men in the camp can’t bear the screams, but women have been helping the Indian woman for two days, undercuts the picture of masculinity as powerful and dominant that exists in the rest of the story. Here, it is the women who are strong enough to Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidun
Later when he started to operate Uncle George and three Indian men held the woman still. She bit Uncle George on the arm and Uncle George said, “Damn squaw bitch!” and the young Indian who had rowed Uncle George over laughed at him.
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Uncle George’s outburst in this passage suggests that a blatant disregard for the Indian woman’s pain is not limited to Nick’s Father. When the mother bites him, Uncle George’s reaction isn’t to consider that this might be the reflex of someone enduring a major surgery without anesthetic (after all, her screams are “not important.” Moreover, his slur connotes disrespect for both native people and women, leading the reader to believe that this disrespect might color his disregard for the Indian woman’s pain. Yet, the Native American man’s jovial response to Uncle George suggests that Indian men also fail to empathize Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad do
He was feeling exalted and talkative as football players are in the dressing room after a game.
“That’s one for the medical journal, George,” he said. “Doing a Caesarian with a jack-knife and sewing it up with nine-foot, tapered gut leaders.”
Uncle George was standing against the wall, looking at his arm.
“Oh, you’re a great man, all right,” he said.
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This exchange between Nick’s father and Uncle George illustrates their insensitive view of the operation. First, the passage reveals that the tools Nick’s father operated with weren’t standard medical equipment, making the procedure more gruesome in retrospect. Also, the observation that the two men banter like players after a football game exposes that they saw the operation as a sort of game where Nick’s Father could demonstrate his skills and his masculinity. Their sporty jocularity, combined with the revelation that the surgery was even more gruesome than the reader might have thought, further demonstrates that their masculine posture has made Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita del
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Uncle George Character Timeline in Indian Camp
The timeline below shows where the character Uncle George appears in Indian Camp. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Indian Camp
Nick Adams, Nick’s father, and Uncle George arrive at the shore of a lake where “two Indians” are waiting with rowboats. Nick...
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When they’re on the other shore, Uncle George is sitting smoking a cigar, and gives one to each of the Indians as well....
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Later, Nick’s father begins a Caesarian section to deliver the baby. Uncle George and three Native American men hold the Indian woman down. During the operation, the mother...
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...delivery. He informs the mother that he will be back with nurses in the morning. Uncle George proudly congratulates Nick’s father for performing a C-section with a jack knife and remarks that...
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...his throat with a razor and the bed is pooling with blood. Nick’s father asks Uncle George to take Nick out of the shanty, but it’s too late: Nick has already seen...
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