"A Proud Achievement" - An anaylitcal paper written on Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
Date Submitted: 12/16/2004 00:58:43
"A Proud Achievement"
In Ernest Hemingway's story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", Francis Macomber, according to Hemingway, was a very unhappy man because of his cowardly display after facing a wounded lion and because of his inability to stand up to his wife. However, Francis Macomber regained his happiness and bravery while out hunting buffalo; unfortunately, it was short lived.
Francis Macomber was a man in his mid-thirties, "very tall, very well built
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from the rifle held by his wife. Perhaps Margot shot her husband, fearing a divorce, because of his newfound bravery. Or, it was possibly an accident, with Margot fearful for her husband's life. Either way, Francis Macomber overcame his weaknesses and felt, even for just a split second, the pride of killing a bull and proving his wife, as well as Wilson that he was a man and they had doubted him far too soon.
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