In the short story "The short happy life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway the author seems to describe his problems with his wife and woman in general. ... In the story the main charter's wife, Margot Macomber, is described as a "bitchy woman" and that's exactly what Hemingway thinks about woman. ... In the beginning of the story, we learn that Francis has tried to shoot a lion but failed, running from the wounded animal in fear. ... Hemingway doesn't tell us why she does this, allowing the reader to come to our own conclusions. ... Hemingway tries to show the world with...

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The story is set in a town where a once thriving lumber business has declined to the point where the lumber mill is now a ruin. ... This opinion is re-enforced by the third character, Bill, who when he appears near the end of the story asks Nick, "Did she go all right?". ... The language between Nick and Marjorie is short, concise, brief and almost brutal. ... Hemingway's use of setting, characters and style of writing combine to make the reader understand the theme of the story without it being specifically mentioned, and because of this feel the emotions the writer wants them to. Heming...

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Characterization of Francis Macomber in "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" The ways that Francis Macomber did, said, and thought things as well as the way he interacted with other characters in the short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" gives great insight to his character. ... First of all, the setting for the story is him going on safari. ... This is a bit of foreshadowing of his fear and what could come later in the story. ... From the indirect presentation of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway, we can gain many insights to his character, throu...

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The story takes place in Spain during 1937. ... Hemingway gave only the information about the character you needed. Then later on the reader found out more detail about the character, which pulled the whole story together. ... The whole story leads up to it and it was disappointingly short. On the other hand the story moved along very smoothly and didn't leave you saying, "What just happened?" ...

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If Catherine is Hemingway's way of demeaning women then we must also look at the manner in which Frederic is described, for he too is just as attached to Catherine as she is to him. ... "It might be nice short," she comments, "then we'd both be alike. ... It has also been said that through the extreme self-sacrifice shown by Catherine, Hemingway aims to demean women. However, Frederic exhibits the same immaturity and self-sacrifice as Catherine and the combination of the two in the story provides to build an unusual relationship. ...

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