nick+father+vignettes

To ask what kind of person Nick is without specifying time is a bit tricky. The perspective we have of Nick changes as he gets older and more confident in himself. Nick is very quiet when we read Indian camp. He doesnt quite know how to respond to the chaos.
When reading on we start to see the process of maturity. It takes a while for him to even state his own opinions. He is at first complacent and uninspired and kind of soft. He respects his father a great deal.
His friend Bill and his girlfriend Maragrieare are influencial as well. He has no backbone to even stand up for his girlfriend because he feels embarrased that she is indian. I really dont feel that Nick is either very intelligent, witty or even strong metally or physically. He seems to very normal and nothing special.
In the Battler he has a very strang experience that helps him to have a better scope on life. He seems a bit more inquisitive and intriqued by strang people.
Many more things help to shape Nicks maturity, but after his experience in war; his backpacking trip helps explain a lot about his personality.
He is quite busy with plans and focus of every detail of his trip. He is a sponge soaking up nature's glory down to the charcoaled cricket.
I didnt get a sense of his avoidence of his own mind untill he was setting up camp. It seems like theres a lot going on that he is blocking with a dam of certain events of instant reality. I truly believe the vingettes are a comparison between reality and fantasy, dreams and being awake. This dam is uncontrollable when one is sleeping and the mind is unleashed to be free and as wild as it can.
I think Hemminway was interested in the contrast, comparison and stuggle between opposing forces both in emotional tension and physical brutality.
Hemmingway has shown us this struggle in a number of ways.
I think Nick's issue is his stuggle of the mind in conflict with past hardships. He doesnt want to face his own mind.
Nick's father is similar in that he has temper issues. He has an acceptance complex. He is affended easily and this is even more magnified by his wife. He finds solace in his son Nick because he knows that his own son looks up to him.
Hemmingway's stories show the vulneralbility of especially Nick and his father. I think that at the time Hemmingway was writing these stories he may not of been as conscious of this clash of one's own mirrored consiousness. I bet Hemmingway was either experiencing similar situations in his own life or saw it around him. His stories are simple but they cut to the core of the human experience.