Big Two-Hearted River

Part I of Essay
Sudden, Unexpected Interjection "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." At one point in his short story, ": Part II", Hemingway's character Nick speaks in the first person. Why he adopts, for one line only, the first person voice is an ....

Part II of Essay
.... is just one instance in In Our Time in which a character speaks in the first person. It occurs in ": Part II", an intensely personal story which completely immerses the reader in the actions and thoughts of Nick Adams. Hemingway's utilization of the omniscient third person narrator allows the reader to visualize all of Nick's actions and surroundings, which would have been much more difficult to accomplish using first person narration. Nick is seen setting up his camp in ": Part I" in intimate detail, from choosing the perfect place to set h ....