The river runs north of Newberry. Summary and Analysis Big Two-Hearted River: Part II Summary Hemingway recounts in precise detail Nick's rituals of preparation for fishing before he wades into the river. Big Two-Hearted River. A summary of Part X (Section15) in Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time. HOME ABOUT EMERSONSGIRL. In Ernest Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River: Part I,” a wounded soldier returns home, scouring the wreckage of his life for sanity and spiritual restoration. Nick Adams goes fishing, and Ernest Hemingway gets every line cast perfectly to the deep spots in the river. Is the judgment that “Big Two-Hearted River” is a story in which nothing happens justified? Share