The Use And Nonuse Of The Theory Of Repressive Hypothesis In Indian Camp

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among masses and are handled with extreme pleasure (143). This obsession with sexuality is a definite violation of the limits of the society. " It stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it (repression) except at a considerable cost: nothing less that a transgression of laws, a lifting of prohibitions" (Foucault 142). According to Foucault, violation of the laws governing us is the only solution to get rid of repression from our society. Ernest Hemingway uses the theory of repressive hypothesis to impart grief in the chapter Indian Camp. Hemingway also devises composition which is completely opposite of repressive hypothesis. The paradox between the use and nonuse of repressive hypothesis governs the structure of Indian Camp.
The basic plot of the story of Indian Camp is a paradox between the use and nonuse of repressive hypothesis. Sex and sex related occurrences are firmly repressed in our society. They are encroached to the level of banishment. ...

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of view. A bitch is a female dog. As a result of her pregnancy, the Indian woman is compared with a much inferior animal. The use of repressive hypothesis makes the scene more dramatic. Thus, we have pregnancy being repressed, and also pregnancy being used for the purpose of education. At the end of the chapter, when the Indian husband dies, Dad prohibits Nick from looking at the dead body (Hemingway 18). Death is the foremost lesson to be learnt in the study of basic facts of life, and yet it is being prohibited by the Dad to be watched. Dad permitted Nick to watch the gory pregnancy, and yet he did not allow Nick to witness death. The principle of repressive hypothesis is ...

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