1. Identify at least three cases from the narrative that foreshadow the stoping and explicate them. “I’m terribly regretful about that king of beasts concern. It doesn’t have to travel any farther does it? I mean no 1 will hear about it. will they? ” This explains that macomber lied about killing a Lion.
2. What’s the difference between Wilson and Macomber? Pick three lines or incidents that show the differences between the two and explicate how they show those differences. Wilson is a courageous adult male while Macomber is an guiltless adult male from America. The incident of the kiss meant nil to macomber and Wilson merely took advantage of it. Macomber Ran off from the king of beasts while Wilson Killed it
3. Why is Macomber afraid during the king of beasts Hunt?
4. Is it fear or shame that is Macomber’s greatest failing? Or something else? Explain your reply. Macomber’s failing is on doing the right determinations. Everytime when he is presented with a demanding state of affairs he makes the incorrect picks. even if it is standing up for himself ( which he didn’t at the beginning ) or killing the king of beasts. or even taking a loving married woman ( which margot wasn’t { she is a prostitute } ) . Braveness merely needs a small motive and inducement to be found on each adult male.
5. What line epitomizes each character? Choose one each for Wilson. Macomber. and Margot and explicate why it sums up their characters.
6. How does the American bison Hunt transform Macomber?
7. Why does Hemingway hold Macomber killed while runing American bison ( when he is non afraid ) instead than while he is in chase of a barbarous king of beasts ( when he is terrified for a dark and a twenty-four hours ) ?
8. How does Hemingway portray Mrs. Macomber in the beginning of the narrative? What is the difference between his portraiture of her so and at the terminal of the narrative?
9. What scares Margot?
10. Make you purchase the thought that a individual can alter wholly in an blink of an eye? Why or why non? In your reply refer to the characters in the narrative and people in “real life” . I believe that people do non alter in an blink of an eye but that their true egos emerge when a state of affairs demands it. It is so that the true ego of the individual is out for every bit long as he/she wants to. Like macomber with the American bisons. Macomber seemed like the cat that would be tired of being stepped on after a few state of affairss that have emerged. But as ever. incorrect topographic point in the incorrect clip.
11. Write a paragraph analysing Hemmingway’s composing manner. When we talk about “style” we are mentioning to syntax. enunciation. usage of nonliteral linguistic communication. characterization/development. etc. You are analysing non what he says. but how he says it. Use specific illustrations in your analysis. Think of this as a prose “power paragraph” .
