... , and hopped on freight trains. Nick who is in fact the reflection of Hemingway witnesses a doctor-father perform a Caesarian operation with a jack knife. Nick sees an Indian girl with brown legs, flat belly, and hard little breasts, which initiates him sexually at a very young age. Nick also cuts a freshly caught trout into pieces and uses the chunks as bait to catch ... simplicity of rhythm, syntax, and vocabulary which constituted Mark Twain's freshness". (Baker, p.47-51) Hemingway's quote basically depicts himself as one of the best writers of the twentieth century. Baker goes along ...

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