This development again follows Hemingway"s own life, and his healing from such things as being a participant in World War I.

             There are many parallels to Hemingway"s life and his main character"s development. First in "Indian Camp" chapter one, we are introduced to Nick Adams and his father. They are on a boat going to an Indian camp to operate on a woman who cannot deliver her baby. The simple connection to Hemingway"s life is that his father was a doctor, Dr. Clarence Hemingway. In "Indian Camp" you see other connection between Nick and his father, in real life Hemingway definitely had a connection with his .

             Father. It has also been documented that Hemingway"s father taught Ernest to fish and hunt. And in the book Nick"s ability to fish, shown in the story "The End of Something", which he was taught by his father.

             The next main point occurs in "The End of Something," the setting for this story takes place on Hortons Bay. In Hemingway"s life his parents had a summerhouse on Hortons Bay. Hemingway just placed part of his own life into the book; this is merely a prime example of the similarities of living between the character Nick and Hemingway"s own life. There are more direct references to Hemingway"s own life. In "Soldier"s Return," the main character is Kreb. In the story, Kreb returns from World War I in the summer of 1919, and is soon pressured by his parents to do something with his life. Now in Hemingway"s life he returned from World War I in January of 1919, and was pressured by his parent to do something with his life. The examples and connections between Hemingway"s life and the book grow.

             Hemingway"s first wife was almost Fifteen years older than he was. This parallels the book once again, "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot", in this story they are newly weds, Mr. Elliot is twenty-five, and Mrs. Elliot is forty years old.