Modernism is about perspective and perception, for the art separates the experience from the response to the experience. In “Indian Camp”, two characters, the Indian husband and Nick, are presented with a situation; the story reveals how these two characters gain perception of the circumstances. The Indian husband chooses to kill himself, for he perceives the situation as unsuitable. Nick is presented with the idea of death, but he chooses to ignore the meaning of the matter. Hemingway presents this story in a condensed manner, so that the reader has to take every fact into account. Moreover, Picasso presented the bull series, where he uses the art of reduction and diminishment to present a bull by using the least amount of detail as possible. Both, Hemingway and Picasso show the importance of detail in stories and art. However, it is still unclear to me how to figure out the hidden meanings in the stories; nonetheless, minimalism amazes me because reading a story by Hemingway is like solving a puzzle.
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