The short happy life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway is a written manifestation of

Hemingway's own life philosophy, which says that as a true man one should face the difficulties of

life with grace and steadfastness. For good reason he believes that nothing in life comes for free and

that first one has to endure in order to achieve. In the quest for the code failure has gruesome consequences. The man will live in anxiety without being able to prove himself and this narrowing of his manhood is bound to have some serious effect on his self-esteem. "It isn't done," says Wilson "why not"" Asks Macomber. These words sounds like a tutor to his apprentice. The words are a part of the learning process and they are normally a result of one persons wondering.

They are also the words, which...