Who Is The Protagonist In The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
The short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is about a heroic test of
physical and emotional courage. It is written by Ernest Hemingway. He is a twentieth century
American fiction writer. "In the short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber",
Hemingway depicted a range of ironic and heroic responses to the human condition" (Harris
and Fitzgerald 204). The three main characters of the story are Francis Macomber, Margot
Macomber and Wilson.
The story is about a wealthy American couple that goes to Africa on a safari. The wife is
beautiful and thinks she is above everyone else. She does not respect her husband. She has been
unfaithful to him many times. The husband is a tall, handsome …show more content…
He is judgmental of Francis Macomber. In the beginning of the story he talks
of how he dislikes Francis. In the end of the story, he talks of hoe Francis has changed, and
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Wilson starts to like Francis. Wilson takes his job as a hunter seriously. He acts professionally
while in the field. At camp Wilson acts immorally with Margot. He does not feel badly about it.
He feels if Francis was not a coward and would be a real man he would keep his wife out of other
men's beds.
"In Hemingway the obsession with physical courage is clearly a personal problem. In
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" Francis runs away from a lion, which is what most
sensible men would do if faced by a lion and his wife promptly cuckolds him with the English
manger of their big-game hunting exhibition. As we all know, good wives admire nothing in a
husband except his capacity to deal with lions, so we can sympathize with the poor woman in her
trouble. But the next day Macomber, faced with buffalo, suddenly becomes a man of superb
courage, and his wife, recognizing she knows that for the future she must remain a virtuous
The short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is about a heroic test of
physical and emotional courage. It is written by Ernest Hemingway. He is a twentieth century
American fiction writer. "In the short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber",
Hemingway depicted a range of ironic and heroic responses to the human condition" (Harris
and Fitzgerald 204). The three main characters of the story are Francis Macomber, Margot
Macomber and Wilson.
The story is about a wealthy American couple that goes to Africa on a safari. The wife is
beautiful and thinks she is above everyone else. She does not respect her husband. She has been
unfaithful to him many times. The husband is a tall, handsome …show more content…
He is judgmental of Francis Macomber. In the beginning of the story he talks
of how he dislikes Francis. In the end of the story, he talks of hoe Francis has changed, and
Boatright 3
Wilson starts to like Francis. Wilson takes his job as a hunter seriously. He acts professionally
while in the field. At camp Wilson acts immorally with Margot. He does not feel badly about it.
He feels if Francis was not a coward and would be a real man he would keep his wife out of other
men's beds.
"In Hemingway the obsession with physical courage is clearly a personal problem. In
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" Francis runs away from a lion, which is what most
sensible men would do if faced by a lion and his wife promptly cuckolds him with the English
manger of their big-game hunting exhibition. As we all know, good wives admire nothing in a
husband except his capacity to deal with lions, so we can sympathize with the poor woman in her
trouble. But the next day Macomber, faced with buffalo, suddenly becomes a man of superb
courage, and his wife, recognizing she knows that for the future she must remain a virtuous