"A Proud Achievement" In Ernest Hemingway's story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", Francis Macomber, according to Hemingway, was a very unhappy man because of his cowardly display after facing a wounded lion and because of his inability to stand up to his wife. However, Francis Macomber regained his happiness and bravery while out hunting buffalo; unfortunately, it was short lived. Francis Macomber was a man in his mid-thirties, "very tall, very well built …showed first 75 words of 902 total…

…showed last 75 words of 902 total…from the rifle held by his wife. Perhaps Margot shot her husband, fearing a divorce, because of his newfound bravery. Or, it was possibly an accident, with Margot fearful for her husband's life. Either way, Francis Macomber overcame his weaknesses and felt, even for just a split second, the pride of killing a bull and proving his wife, as well as Wilson that he was a man and they had doubted him far too soon.