Doe Season

Andy compared the distance of the woods and the ocean and the moon. I see this compare and contrast as how small or young that she views herself. She states in the first paragraph that the woods are always the same, but yet when they arrived to hunt in them, they were then different. Four hunters making noise and tracks in these quiet woods. They were small compared to the mile and miles of woods, just like the ocean in paragraph 45. "The ocean was huge and empty, yet always moving". The woods are huge and appear to be empty when you want them to be full of deer during deer season. But the animals are always moving.
In her memory, she is afraid of what is under the water, but admires her mom for going out past the break point. Her mother was very brave, and I think she is very brave for going on a hunting trip with all men, trying to impress them.
She shot the first doe, which I think proves how quick she is growing up in this story. Along with her not wanting to be called Andy anymore. She wanted to be called by her grown woman name from now on.