The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber

Have you ever been scared to do something that tests your courage? In Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", Francis Macomber tests his courage the hard way. (Set) in Africa, Francis Macomber is on a hunting trip with his wife, Margot, and a guide named Wilson. "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is a story filled with the theme of courage. Francis tests his courage in the lion hunt, his wife's …

…really not afraid of them now."(385). <Tab/>The events in Francis Macomber's hunting trip provided him with several opportunities to test his courage. Beginning with his running in fear of the injured lion, then in trying to deal with his wife's infidelity and ending with the buffalo hunt, along the way Macomber's courage is strengthened. Although a coward in the beginning, Francis Macomber gains courage by the end of the story.