Nick Adams as Code Hero from In Our TimeErnest Hemingway is known for making many contributions to the literary world and one of his contributions the most notorious is Code Hero. The birth and growth of the Code Hero can be easily observed simply by observing the growth and development of Nick Adams throughout Hemingway's writings. In Our Time contains a diverse assortment of stories from Nick Adam at different stages of his life and also shows the Code Hero at different stages of his development. In Our Time was Hemingway's second published book. His first contained only three short stories and ten poems and had little to do with the Code Hero, making In Our Time the first time Hemingway revealed the Code Hero to the rest of the world. The technique and characterization contained in In Our Time is consistent with most of Hemingway's later writings, establishing In Our Time as a model of Hemingway's style and the Code Hero. According to Professor Paul Totah of St. Ignace, Hemingway defined the Code Hero as "a man who lives right, following the ideals of honor, courage and endurance in a world that is sometimes chaotic, often stressful and always painful." The Code Hero is measured by how he handles the difficult situations that life throws at him. Ultimately the Code Hero will lose because we are all mortal, but the true measure is how a person faces death. The Code Hero is generally an individualist and free-willed. Although he believes in the ideals of courage and honor, he has his own morals and principles based on his beliefs in honor, courage, and endurance. Qualities such as courage, adventure and journey also define the Code Hero. A final trait of the Code Hero is his aversion to darkness. It symbolizes death and is a source of fear for him. The Code Hero's rite of manhood is facing death. However, once he courageously faces death and becomes a man, he must continue the struggle and constantly prove that he retains his manhood (Totah). The Hero Code is present in the majority of Hemingway's novels. Even the young man from Hills Like White Elephants contained many of the Code Hero's characteristics, such as free will, individualism, and travel. Individualism manifests itself in his desire not to have children.