Society’s Perceptions of People
Everywhere throughout the world, some people are currently living an entirely different life than what society thinks they are living. The Storyteller introduces the idea that some people are living a lifestyle entirely different from their past and society thinks nothing of it. As well as The Storyteller, The Story of an Hour suggests that other people present themselves differently in public than during the time they spend secluded from the public,but the communities do not realize that. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber proposes that society never truly knows what actions a person will or will not take. Perceptions of people’s personality and lifestyle are muddled by the general population through …show more content…
In The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, while hunting, “Mrs.Macomber...had hit her husband about two inches up and a little to one side of the base of his skull” (Hemingway, 19). Francis’s wife, the most unlikely person to commit murder, had taken everyone by surprise by carrying out something no one else believed.Even the most compassionate and nonviolent people can bring out the worse in them without others expecting them to. On a previous hunting trip, “He [Francis Macomber] was running;running wildly,in panic in the open, running toward the stream” (Hemingway, 10). Francis Macomber, despite showing enthusiasm towards hunting, was incapable of killing an animal despite showing others how arrogant and fearless he was throughout his life. In this scenario, everyone thought that Francis was a tough and brave men, but him being hesitant to kill an animal proved otherwise. A little bit after the hunt, after getting his life saved by Wilson, Francis “..realized that his wife was not in the other cot in the tent” (Hemingway, 11). Francis’s wife was capable of sleeping with another man despite being married. By going as far as having an affair with someone else, Margot was capable of committing something that took others by surprise. Actions define a person’s lifestyle, and societies expectations of how people should act clouds
Everywhere throughout the world, some people are currently living an entirely different life than what society thinks they are living. The Storyteller introduces the idea that some people are living a lifestyle entirely different from their past and society thinks nothing of it. As well as The Storyteller, The Story of an Hour suggests that other people present themselves differently in public than during the time they spend secluded from the public,but the communities do not realize that. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber proposes that society never truly knows what actions a person will or will not take. Perceptions of people’s personality and lifestyle are muddled by the general population through …show more content…
In The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, while hunting, “Mrs.Macomber...had hit her husband about two inches up and a little to one side of the base of his skull” (Hemingway, 19). Francis’s wife, the most unlikely person to commit murder, had taken everyone by surprise by carrying out something no one else believed.Even the most compassionate and nonviolent people can bring out the worse in them without others expecting them to. On a previous hunting trip, “He [Francis Macomber] was running;running wildly,in panic in the open, running toward the stream” (Hemingway, 10). Francis Macomber, despite showing enthusiasm towards hunting, was incapable of killing an animal despite showing others how arrogant and fearless he was throughout his life. In this scenario, everyone thought that Francis was a tough and brave men, but him being hesitant to kill an animal proved otherwise. A little bit after the hunt, after getting his life saved by Wilson, Francis “..realized that his wife was not in the other cot in the tent” (Hemingway, 11). Francis’s wife was capable of sleeping with another man despite being married. By going as far as having an affair with someone else, Margot was capable of committing something that took others by surprise. Actions define a person’s lifestyle, and societies expectations of how people should act clouds