"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” by Ernest Hemmingway

"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” by Ernest Hemmingway was a little crazy. Short life is definitely right. I could not believe that his wife shot him in the head because she was afraid that he was going to leave her once he gained his courage. She should have been a good wife and stood by him no matter what. Instead she was embarrassed and acting like a tramp to sneak off with the tour guide. Anyhow, I do not understand how him not wanting to fight a lion shows that he is a coward? I would be running too. Anyone these days would definitely run, man or woman. It does not prove that you are a manly man even if you did stand up to the lion. A lion and a robber are two different things. You are not prepared for a robber where as you can see and hear the lion coming. The lion only has its body to fight you with where a robber would have a gun or something that could kill you before you knew that they were there. So what if a man stood up to a lion but was not manly enough to protect his family. Wonder what they would say to that? The only one in this book that should be embarrassed is the wife but not from her husbands actions, but only from her own. She has shamed her husband, her self, and the vows that she took before God.