In Hemingway’s short story “Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,’ Hemingway uses the writer’s techniques of perspective to show readers the characterization of the three main protagonists in this story. Hemingway creates a multi-part claim using perspective as well as dialogue to show readers a pervasive, negative tone carried throughout the story. Wilson, Margaret, and Macomber are characterized by multiple perspectives with multiple aspects of their characters.
To begin, Wilson shows that he is an opportunist, professional, and a judgmental hunter who later experiences a character shift as he starts to positively judge Macomber. Throughout the story, his perspective of Macomber changes and this helps the readers to understand the shift …show more content…
Throughout the story, Margaret’s internal dialogue toward her husband is negative because she sees him as a coward. Toward the end of the story she begins to notice his change in manliness. Margaret says, ”Conversation is going to be difficult.”(page 2). Readers see in this example that Margaret is being flirtatious toward Wilson. Margaret has a mindset that she is so beautiful that she can flaunt her beauty with whoever she desires to, even though, she is married to Francis. To continue to the next example, the readers will see one of the many ways that Margaret is being unfaithful to her husband in this story. ”He realized that his wife was not in the other cot in the tent. He lay awake with knowledge of two hours.”(page 14). During this scene in the story Margaret uses Francis’ cowardice as an excuse for having an affair with Mr. Wilson. Hemingway uses Macomber’s internal dialogue to explain how Margaret is being unfaithful and has betrayed her husband. In the last example, Margaret is condescending by making a smart comment about her husband being unmanly by not killing the lion. “Then it is going to be just like the Lion.”(page 22). Margaret is using her husband’s mistake with the lion to lower his self confidence about killing the buffalo. By including this smart comment in the story, Hemingway makes it easy for readers to understand that Margaret is a heartless character who feels no need to treat her husband with respect. Hemingway uses great author’s craft to expand on Margaret's character and her perspective of Mr. Wilson and Macomber by
To begin, Wilson shows that he is an opportunist, professional, and a judgmental hunter who later experiences a character shift as he starts to positively judge Macomber. Throughout the story, his perspective of Macomber changes and this helps the readers to understand the shift …show more content…
Throughout the story, Margaret’s internal dialogue toward her husband is negative because she sees him as a coward. Toward the end of the story she begins to notice his change in manliness. Margaret says, ”Conversation is going to be difficult.”(page 2). Readers see in this example that Margaret is being flirtatious toward Wilson. Margaret has a mindset that she is so beautiful that she can flaunt her beauty with whoever she desires to, even though, she is married to Francis. To continue to the next example, the readers will see one of the many ways that Margaret is being unfaithful to her husband in this story. ”He realized that his wife was not in the other cot in the tent. He lay awake with knowledge of two hours.”(page 14). During this scene in the story Margaret uses Francis’ cowardice as an excuse for having an affair with Mr. Wilson. Hemingway uses Macomber’s internal dialogue to explain how Margaret is being unfaithful and has betrayed her husband. In the last example, Margaret is condescending by making a smart comment about her husband being unmanly by not killing the lion. “Then it is going to be just like the Lion.”(page 22). Margaret is using her husband’s mistake with the lion to lower his self confidence about killing the buffalo. By including this smart comment in the story, Hemingway makes it easy for readers to understand that Margaret is a heartless character who feels no need to treat her husband with respect. Hemingway uses great author’s craft to expand on Margaret's character and her perspective of Mr. Wilson and Macomber by