The short story is called Indian Camp it was published in 1924 and was written by the author Ernest Hemmingway. It is about a young boy named Nick, his father who is a surgeon and Nick’s uncle George, who travel to an Indian camp, because the father has to help a woman giving birth.
The narrator of the story is a third person limited narrator, as we only see things happen from Nick’s point of view. Not being present and taking part of the storyline makes the narrative mode nonintrusive.
Because the narrator is limited to Nick's point of view, the narrator may not be completely trustworthy. However because we do not see a certain attitude towards the events or characters, the narrator is most likely quite reliable.
The story takes place at night since the meadow is soaking wet with dew, and the Native American man leading Nick, his father and Uncle George is holding a lantern for light. The setting is on a remote island in a lake housing a small Native American tribe living in the woods in small and primitive shanties.
The primitive state of living in this camp is made clear to us, as the doctor has to operate the pregnant woman with a jack knife, fishing wire and without any anaesthetics.
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