Big Two-Hearted River

Big Two-Hearted River by Ernest Hemingway is told by the narrator Nick Adams who is going back to his old fishing terrain after the war. As he walk by realizes that the terrain is burnt the town of Seney was gone. As he looks at the river he realizes that at least the trout’s are still there and gave him that old feeling how things used to be before the war. He starts to think how his old desires for writing, reading and just the things he used to do are not there anymore and as he is thinking and smoking he sees a black grasshopper. This makes him wonder why that grasshopper is black and realize that is all because the forest was burnt out. As the sun goes down he keep moving towards the river and sets up a camp and put blankets and a tent up. As he decides to settle down and grab a bite he eats a can of pork and beans and spaghetti. As he is cooking he thinks about an old wealthy friend Hopkins who gave him a gun and they were supposed to go fishing the next summer but he never saw him again. Nick is an example of how veterans of war come back home and feel as they get used to their old lives and the issues that they confront.