Doe Season Question 3

Andy grew up living close to these woods, so when she went hunting, she felt like she was at home in her back yard. When she looks to the ocean, she says, "That was the first time [I] had seen the ocean and it scared [me"(Kaplan 459).The ocean was new to her, she didn't grow up with it in her back yard. She was frightened of it. The hunting trip was a lot like the ocean to her. She was going from childhood to adulthood, killing and gutting her first dear. You can tell she was kind of regretful of shooting the deer by saying, "What have I done?" (465). But later, cutting the doe with knife to make the transitioned into adulthood.The sense of pride she had at the end of the story, even though she seemed as if she regretted it at first, that she had finally grown up.