Going Home Again
In Big Two-Hearted River by Ernest Hemingway the main character Nick Adams finally goes home. ... He was in his home where he had made it. ... He has seen so much death in his life, he doesn’t seem to be bothered by it, yet he wants to spare the lives of animals that he is not going to use. He only keeps the fish that he is going to eat. ... He is where he is comfortable, and in a home that he has created for himself. ... He knows that sooner or later he is going to have to go back and deal with people again; he knows that the swamp is out there waiting for him.