Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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.
Doe Season
On Andy’s hunting trip, she makes a transition from childhood to adulthood. In the beginning Andy talks about the woods as “…the same woods that lay behind her house…they stretch all the way to here” (Kaplan 456). She finds comfort in this because it is familiar to her; the woods behind her house are familiar to her. Thinking of the woods as being the same made her feel good, “it was like thinking of God; it was like thinking of the space between here and the moon” (456). The woods represent her childhood, the same, familiar, and comfortable. As they walk through the woods the sound of the branches swaying in the wind reminds her of the ocean, when her parents had taken her there the summer before. Andy describes the ocean as “…huge and empty yet always moving. Everything lay hidden” (459). In the end when it comes time to “gut” the deer, she takes the plunge into adulthood, as she runs away and they call to her. “Yet louder than any of them was the wind blowing through the treetops, like the ocean where her mother floated in green water, also calling Come in, come in while all around her roared the mocking of the terrible, now inevitable, sea” (467).
"The Chrysanthemums"
In the story “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck I believe that the name itself is symbolic of the type of person that women of that time, like Elisa, strive to be. This flower is said to have meanings such as perfection, optimism and joy. In that era that is the type of person that most women have been portrayed as striving to be (perfect, optimistic and joyous). They all want to be the perfect wife or the perfect mother. I think back to some of the stories I have read or movies I have seen from this time and it seems to me as if this is what most of the wives or mothers try to imitate.
In the beginning of the story it states “Her figure blocked and heavy in her gardening costume, a man’s black hat pulled low down over her eyes, clod-hopper shoes, a figured print dress almost completely covered by a big corduroy apron with four big pockets to hold the snips….” (p. 632, Kirszner & Mandell). When thinking of women in this era I feel that an apron is also a symbol of the so-called perfect wife or mother. I think that they wore the aprons to hide their figures, as stated in this sentence. Most women of this time were sexually repressed and reserved their figures only to be seen by their husbands so most of the day was spent wearing an apron. I rarely see an apron worn in this day and age as women tend to be freer with their expression of themselves and no longer feel they need to hide under the strings of an apron. Also, women of this time spent most of the day doing the cooking and cleaning which the apron was also needed for so they didn’t get their clothes dirty. In more modern times the chores are usually split amongst the household or hired help is used.
Toward the end of the story it states “And then she scrubbed herself with a little block of pumice, legs and thighs, loins and chest and arms, until her skin was scratched and red.” (p. 638) while she was taking a hot bath before going to dinner with her husband. I feel this is saying that Elisa felt “dirty” after talking to the stranger about something she loved so dearly – her gardening. This was a topic that she usually reserved for her husband and by taking a hot bath and scrubbing so hard she was washing all of the conversation with the man away. Her husband stated that she was looking and acting like a whole new person after these events. The stranger threw her for a loop and I think that it may have changed her outlook about her womanly role for just a short moment of time.
In the beginning of the story it states “Her figure blocked and heavy in her gardening costume, a man’s black hat pulled low down over her eyes, clod-hopper shoes, a figured print dress almost completely covered by a big corduroy apron with four big pockets to hold the snips….” (p. 632, Kirszner & Mandell). When thinking of women in this era I feel that an apron is also a symbol of the so-called perfect wife or mother. I think that they wore the aprons to hide their figures, as stated in this sentence. Most women of this time were sexually repressed and reserved their figures only to be seen by their husbands so most of the day was spent wearing an apron. I rarely see an apron worn in this day and age as women tend to be freer with their expression of themselves and no longer feel they need to hide under the strings of an apron. Also, women of this time spent most of the day doing the cooking and cleaning which the apron was also needed for so they didn’t get their clothes dirty. In more modern times the chores are usually split amongst the household or hired help is used.
Toward the end of the story it states “And then she scrubbed herself with a little block of pumice, legs and thighs, loins and chest and arms, until her skin was scratched and red.” (p. 638) while she was taking a hot bath before going to dinner with her husband. I feel this is saying that Elisa felt “dirty” after talking to the stranger about something she loved so dearly – her gardening. This was a topic that she usually reserved for her husband and by taking a hot bath and scrubbing so hard she was washing all of the conversation with the man away. Her husband stated that she was looking and acting like a whole new person after these events. The stranger threw her for a loop and I think that it may have changed her outlook about her womanly role for just a short moment of time.
"Doe Season"
Childhood to many is a very familiar thing. Life is comfortable when you are a child. The daily routine is the same, your parents are always there for you and provide for you. When she talks about the woods always being the same it is like a comfort to her. Familiar things are always a comfort at any age. When she describes how the ocean is huge and empty and everything lay hidden that is like adulthood. After you reach adulthood you don't know what to expect out in the "ocean" of life. In adulthood you never know when you will be swept away by something whether it be getting into drugs or getting an amazing job, same as with the ocean you can be swept away at any moment. The woods always being the same is a lot like childhood where things feel safe and familiar and the ocean is like adulthood where things can be frightening and unknown.
question 3
In “Doe Season” the protagonist, Andy is introduced to the concept of growing up. It is a transitional story about a young girl, and how influential the environment around her can be in regards to shaping her as a person. Several references are made in the story about how the woods are familiar, whereas the ocean is vast and mysterious. These two subjects suggest the transition that she has to make from childhood to adulthood.
Andy thinks upon the woods that back her house, as she is driving with her dad and company to go deer hunting for the first time. She notes that the woods “stretch all the way to here…for miles and miles…but they are the same woods” (Kirszner/Mandell pg 156). The woods represent her childhood, the familiar, the unchanging. No worries, no responsibilities other than to be a child. Later, the sea is referenced to adulthood, vast and mysterious.
The first time she saw the ocean, the unknown, “it frightened her. It was huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden” (Kirszner/Mandell pg 459). Growing up is a frightening thought for a child. Everything would be up to you, and you wouldn’t know what to expect in the future. During a vacation to the Jersey Shore, Andy’s mother’s bikini top came loose, and that alluded to the fact that she would become a woman, amongst a sea of the unknown which is adulthood. The deer’s blood is a reference to a loss of innocence, and Andy, no longer completely a child, wishes to be called Andrea which further cements her transformation.
Andy thinks upon the woods that back her house, as she is driving with her dad and company to go deer hunting for the first time. She notes that the woods “stretch all the way to here…for miles and miles…but they are the same woods” (Kirszner/Mandell pg 156). The woods represent her childhood, the familiar, the unchanging. No worries, no responsibilities other than to be a child. Later, the sea is referenced to adulthood, vast and mysterious.
The first time she saw the ocean, the unknown, “it frightened her. It was huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden” (Kirszner/Mandell pg 459). Growing up is a frightening thought for a child. Everything would be up to you, and you wouldn’t know what to expect in the future. During a vacation to the Jersey Shore, Andy’s mother’s bikini top came loose, and that alluded to the fact that she would become a woman, amongst a sea of the unknown which is adulthood. The deer’s blood is a reference to a loss of innocence, and Andy, no longer completely a child, wishes to be called Andrea which further cements her transformation.
"Doe Season" #3
In the short story "Doe Season", Andy is a young girl who is going through some changes in her life. There comes a time in everyone's life when things start to change, whether we like it or not. Andy doesn't seem to realize in the beginning of the story that things will be changing. The changes kind of come to her all at once in the end. I think thats how change happens many times. She puts a lot of emphasis on the way the woods are always the same in the beginning of the story. She describes them as going on forever and "The thought made her feel good (456)", this seems to mean a lot to her and suggests that she likes things to be constant.
The ocean seems to be a mystery to her and thats why she doesn't like it. Many people are afraid of what they don't know. The woods reminds her of the ocean in a way "The wind . . . Blowing through the treetops, it sounded like the ocean (459)," this could be pointing to the fact that her life will change in the woods and she doesn't know it yet. The woods ended up being the place where a drastic change happened in her life. She thought she was safe there, but she had no idea what would happen. When she ended up shooting the doe, it pushed her right from childhood into adulthood.
The ocean seems to be a mystery to her and thats why she doesn't like it. Many people are afraid of what they don't know. The woods reminds her of the ocean in a way "The wind . . . Blowing through the treetops, it sounded like the ocean (459)," this could be pointing to the fact that her life will change in the woods and she doesn't know it yet. The woods ended up being the place where a drastic change happened in her life. She thought she was safe there, but she had no idea what would happen. When she ended up shooting the doe, it pushed her right from childhood into adulthood.
"Doe Season"
In the story "Doe Season" by David Kaplan, I do believe the woods and the ocean symbolize Andy's transition from childhood to adulthood.
The Woods, "they were always the same woods"(Kaplan 456). The woods are comfortable and unchanging like her childhood. They were the same woods that lay behind her house, and they stretch all the way to here, she thought, for miles and miles, longer than I could walk in a day, or a week even, but they are still the same woods" (456). Andy was very familiar with the woods and even though the forest was so large she was still comfortable. This is alot like childhood, because your life is more routine and big decisions are usually made for you. Life is just simply easier and less stressful. Having loving parents like Andy's im sure helps this.
During the trip, Andy recalls her vacation to the New Jersey shore. "That was the first time she'd seen the ocean, and it frightened her"(459). "It was huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden"(459). This is alot like her journey to adulthood and her experience of shooting her first deer, scary. Life as an adult is always changing, and there are always new challanges to face. Life can be scary sometimes, you never know what tomorrow will bring. Life is full of new experiences that can change your outlook. Like how Andy's experience with hunting changed her outlook and decision to no longer be "Andy".
The Woods, "they were always the same woods"(Kaplan 456). The woods are comfortable and unchanging like her childhood. They were the same woods that lay behind her house, and they stretch all the way to here, she thought, for miles and miles, longer than I could walk in a day, or a week even, but they are still the same woods" (456). Andy was very familiar with the woods and even though the forest was so large she was still comfortable. This is alot like childhood, because your life is more routine and big decisions are usually made for you. Life is just simply easier and less stressful. Having loving parents like Andy's im sure helps this.
During the trip, Andy recalls her vacation to the New Jersey shore. "That was the first time she'd seen the ocean, and it frightened her"(459). "It was huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden"(459). This is alot like her journey to adulthood and her experience of shooting her first deer, scary. Life as an adult is always changing, and there are always new challanges to face. Life can be scary sometimes, you never know what tomorrow will bring. Life is full of new experiences that can change your outlook. Like how Andy's experience with hunting changed her outlook and decision to no longer be "Andy".
"Doe Season" Question 3
In the story “Doe Season” by David Kaplan a young girl named Andy mentioned in the beginning “They were always the same woods…They were the same woods that lay behind her house, and they stretch all the way to here, for mile and miles, longer than I could walk in a day, or a week even, but they are still the same woods” (Kaplan, 456). In my opinion, this means that at her stage in life it was unchanging and it was always the same and she liked it that way.
When she first visited the ocean, Andy was unsure of her surroundings. “That was the first time she’d seen the ocean, and it frightened her. It was huge and empty, yet always moving” (Kaplan, 459). Andy wasn’t familiar with her surroundings; she wasn’t raised by the ocean so she didn’t feel the same in the ocean compared to the woods.
At the beginning of the story, Andy was a girl who was comfortable with the unchanging and familiar life she had but by the end she had grown; not quite a woman but not a child. She realized, after the deer was cut right in front of her eyes, that her life can and will change but not always the way she wants. Andy went into the woods a child and came out as an adult.
When she first visited the ocean, Andy was unsure of her surroundings. “That was the first time she’d seen the ocean, and it frightened her. It was huge and empty, yet always moving” (Kaplan, 459). Andy wasn’t familiar with her surroundings; she wasn’t raised by the ocean so she didn’t feel the same in the ocean compared to the woods.
At the beginning of the story, Andy was a girl who was comfortable with the unchanging and familiar life she had but by the end she had grown; not quite a woman but not a child. She realized, after the deer was cut right in front of her eyes, that her life can and will change but not always the way she wants. Andy went into the woods a child and came out as an adult.
Doe Season Question 3
In Andy’s childhood, everything is constant and the woods, as the book says, are a good picture of this. “They were riding over gentle hills, the woods on both sides now-the same woods, she knew, because she had been watching the whole way, even while she slept. They had been in her dreams, and she never lost sight of them.” (Kaplan 457) When I was a child, I would remember waking up everyday with a sense that everything was alright. There was nothing complicated, there was nothing that I couldn’t figure out and even if there was, I always had mom and dad to ask. Life was simple. Transitioning to adulthood is a whole new experience. “That was the first time she’d seen the ocean, and it frightened her. It was huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden.”(459) The ocean is the image of adulthood, frighteningly empty because of the unknown. Life gets a lot more complicated when you reach adulthood. One has college decisions to make, professional decisions need to be made, and you wonder if you’ll ever get married. There are endless questions and possibilities and you no longer have mom and dad to make the decisions for you. When you get thrown into the giant sea of “the adult world”, life decisions are bigger, consequences of those decisions are greater and you have to figure everything out without the constant support base you had when you were young. Andy’s life is no different.
Doe Season Q. 3
In the story Doe Season, Andy often refers to the woods as being always the same. This symbolizes the way a child can look home to find comfort that is unchanging. She has been, all her life, able to turn to her mother and her father for that comfort and support, something that she depends on. She also refers to the ocean as being unknown and ever-changing, describes being able to only see the surface, but not what you might step on if you put your foot in. This reference symbolizes adulthood. As adults, we don't have that familiar comfort to turn to, we are in a world that is ever changing and mysterious. Often, in the adult world, something might appear to be a good idea until you put your foot in and step into a heap of trouble. Throughout the story, Andy thinks she smells the ocean, although it's hundreds of miles away. This is a way of saying that she senses change coming, but she continues to doubt the approaching adulthood. The very end of the story goes on to further emphasize this comparison by describing her running away from the familiar people on the hunting trip while "all around her roared the mocking of the terrible, now inevitable, sea".
"Doe Season"
In David Kaplan’s “Doe Season” there is a young girl named Andy that accidently reaches a growing point in her life while hunting with her father and friends. She refers to the woods they are hunting in as “always the same.” While in the woods, Andy remembers the ocean she visited with her parents. “It was huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden.” (Kaplan, p. 459) When we are children, there is a sense of security in knowing where our next meal will come from and that there will be clothes on our backs. But, going into adulthood, we soon come to realize that we are now taking care of ourselves. It’s a huge change and it happens quite abruptly.
I believe Andy is very unsure of the world around her, as was I at age 9. There is a nation full of mystery, yet, most we can’t see with our eyes. This is a lot like the ocean. It seems so empty, but there is a whole new depth of life living there, we just can’t see it. I felt this way change and new places as a child and still do sometimes. There is so much in this world that we don’t know about; it’s a scary thought.
By Andy referring to the woods as “always the same” tells me that it’s a comforting place for her to be. She grew up in these woods, they don’t frighten her. But, by the end of the story, as her doe is being gut out right before her eyes, everything changes. She no longer will look at the woods the same and this is where her transition occurred. Andy is no longer a little girl anymore and she knows it. She has seen death, and there is a world full of new things for her to face next.
I believe Andy is very unsure of the world around her, as was I at age 9. There is a nation full of mystery, yet, most we can’t see with our eyes. This is a lot like the ocean. It seems so empty, but there is a whole new depth of life living there, we just can’t see it. I felt this way change and new places as a child and still do sometimes. There is so much in this world that we don’t know about; it’s a scary thought.
By Andy referring to the woods as “always the same” tells me that it’s a comforting place for her to be. She grew up in these woods, they don’t frighten her. But, by the end of the story, as her doe is being gut out right before her eyes, everything changes. She no longer will look at the woods the same and this is where her transition occurred. Andy is no longer a little girl anymore and she knows it. She has seen death, and there is a world full of new things for her to face next.
Symobolism in "The Chrysanthemums"
In the John Steinbach’s story, “The Chrysanthemums”, the main symbol of the story is flowers in which he uses to symbolize her thoughts and ideas. A lonely woman, Eliza Allan, enjoys growing and nourishing her chrysanthemums. They live a lonely isolated life, raising cattle, and Eliza doesn’t get much attention from her husband, or for that matter anyone. She puts all her love and passion into the care of her chrysanthemums. She tends to her flowers with great care and effort, which symbolizes the longing she has for her husband to love and care for her.
Another symbol in this story is the fence that protects her flowers. It surrounds her protected world, her flowers and garden, and the world she can control and nurture. Eliza becomes interested in a traveling tinker, because he makes a big deal of her flowers, and she feels special because of it. She blossoms from the attention of the tinker, just like her flowers. She ends up giving the tinker some of her plants and puts them in a pot for him, she then allows him to straighten some pots for her, pays him and he goes on his way.
When Eliza’s husband got home and saw her, he said “Why—why Elisa. You look so nice!” With her boost of confidence now, she says “Nice? You think I look nice? What do you mean by ‘nice’? (Page 638) Eliza gets defensive and wonders why she just looks “nice”. When Elisa sees her precious chrysanthemum on the ground, but without the pot she had put it in with such care. She now feels used. She was basically fooled into giving herself away to someone who showed some interest in her. Her flowers symbolize this throughout the story. The last sentence of the story, “She turned her coat collar so he could not see that she was crying weakly—like an old woman” (Page 639). She has lost her confidence and her self-esteem to keep her head high in the air. It is as if she is a wilted flower, cast aside to wither and die.
Kara Carpenter
Another symbol in this story is the fence that protects her flowers. It surrounds her protected world, her flowers and garden, and the world she can control and nurture. Eliza becomes interested in a traveling tinker, because he makes a big deal of her flowers, and she feels special because of it. She blossoms from the attention of the tinker, just like her flowers. She ends up giving the tinker some of her plants and puts them in a pot for him, she then allows him to straighten some pots for her, pays him and he goes on his way.
When Eliza’s husband got home and saw her, he said “Why—why Elisa. You look so nice!” With her boost of confidence now, she says “Nice? You think I look nice? What do you mean by ‘nice’? (Page 638) Eliza gets defensive and wonders why she just looks “nice”. When Elisa sees her precious chrysanthemum on the ground, but without the pot she had put it in with such care. She now feels used. She was basically fooled into giving herself away to someone who showed some interest in her. Her flowers symbolize this throughout the story. The last sentence of the story, “She turned her coat collar so he could not see that she was crying weakly—like an old woman” (Page 639). She has lost her confidence and her self-esteem to keep her head high in the air. It is as if she is a wilted flower, cast aside to wither and die.
Kara Carpenter
Monday, February 22, 2010
Right of Passage (Doe Season)
In the beginning of the story, Andy references the woods as, "always the same," and the ocean as, "huge and empty, yet always moving." Doesn't this sound familiar to you? I can remember when I was making the transition into adulthood and how eager I was about it. It seemed like I had been so childish for so long and it was time to face the wide open world as an adult. I didn't see these comparisons back then, much like Andy didn't see the hunting in all of it' s aspects. I thought that the world of being an adult was great in that it was like the ocean, wild and roaring and exciting! Now I look back and long for the safety of being a child, where everything was always the same. These two sentences alone can account for the theme as a whole in this story. They are an incredibly well written way to explore the excitement along with the fear and possible disappointment of becoming an adult. Andy didn't get what she had bargained for out of this hunting trip, which is something that most of us can say at some point or other in out lives. Life can get scary, and we all face things that we are not quite ready to face, but that shapes us into the people that we are today, and I believe that hunting trip did exactly that for Andy. She realized at the end of the story that she was not the person she thought she was and after that she would never be the same again.
"Doe Season" Question #3
David Michael Kaplan uses comparisons between the still, unchanging nature of the woods and the ever-changing scene of the ocean in his story “Doe Season” to mirror the transformation from child into adult. In the story the main character of Andy goes through a transformative experience while on her first hunting trip with her father, when first in the woods she begins to reflect on the peaceful environment, “They were always the same woods… deep and immense, covered with yesterday’s snowfall, which had frozen overnight” (Kaplan 456). The imagery in these passages is used to represent the serenity of childhood and how it remains undisturbed and pristine. “[I]t was like thinking of God; it was like thinking of the space between here and the moon” (Kaplan 456). Kaplan uses this passage as a homily on childhood, comparing the open, untouched wilderness to all of the experiences and wonder that lie in wait.
In contrast, Andy’s thoughts of the ocean cast light on the theme of the ever evolving nature of adulthood in the story. Facing the prospect of responsibility and the consequences that accompany it seems to be one theme that Mr. Kaplan wished to address, as shown by the allusion “That was the first time she’d seen the ocean, and it frightened her” (Kaplan 459). The narration goes on to follow Andy’s internal description of the seaside showing the distinction between the way she sees these two scenarios and the metaphorical contexts they represent; “Everything lay hidden. If you walked in it, you couldn’t see how deep it was or what might be below; if you swam, something could pull you under and never be seen again. It’s musky, rank smell made her think of things dying” (Kaplan 459). Here the author uses the ocean as a symbolic reference to maturity’s varying complexities and often grotesque nature which inevitably leads to death.
After her prize kill, the woods seem to change for Andy into an idealized form of itself with dark overtones, “The woods were more beautiful than she had ever seen them. The moon made everything ice-rimmed glimmer with a crystallized, immanent light, while underneath that ice the branches of trees were stark as skeletons” (Kaplan 466). This and the following scene seem to be a metaphor for Andy’s loss of innocence on her journey, maturing from a girl into a young woman and her desire to see and feel the way she did prior to these events.
In contrast, Andy’s thoughts of the ocean cast light on the theme of the ever evolving nature of adulthood in the story. Facing the prospect of responsibility and the consequences that accompany it seems to be one theme that Mr. Kaplan wished to address, as shown by the allusion “That was the first time she’d seen the ocean, and it frightened her” (Kaplan 459). The narration goes on to follow Andy’s internal description of the seaside showing the distinction between the way she sees these two scenarios and the metaphorical contexts they represent; “Everything lay hidden. If you walked in it, you couldn’t see how deep it was or what might be below; if you swam, something could pull you under and never be seen again. It’s musky, rank smell made her think of things dying” (Kaplan 459). Here the author uses the ocean as a symbolic reference to maturity’s varying complexities and often grotesque nature which inevitably leads to death.
After her prize kill, the woods seem to change for Andy into an idealized form of itself with dark overtones, “The woods were more beautiful than she had ever seen them. The moon made everything ice-rimmed glimmer with a crystallized, immanent light, while underneath that ice the branches of trees were stark as skeletons” (Kaplan 466). This and the following scene seem to be a metaphor for Andy’s loss of innocence on her journey, maturing from a girl into a young woman and her desire to see and feel the way she did prior to these events.
"Doe Season" question 3
In the story “Doe Season,” Andy goes hunting with her father for the first time. As they drive in the car, Andy notices the woods. “They were always the same woods” (Kaplan 456). This may not seem significant at first, but it really is. “They were riding over gentle hills, the woods on both sides now-the same woods, she knew, because she had been watching the whole way, even while she slept. They had been in her dreams, and she had never lost sight of them” (457). Andy is comforted by the words, because they are so familiar. This symbolizes her childhood. She is comfortable with her surroundings, because they are all she has ever known. Nothing has changed in her life, everything is stable.
Andy’s transition into adulthood is symbolized by the ocean. “It was huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden” (459). I think the world is being described in these sentences. The world is a huge place and if you try to find happiness in it, all you will find is emptiness. Many things in the world seem like they should bring us joy, but they really do not. The consequences are hidden under a fake layer of pleasure. “If you walked in it, you couldn’t see how deep it was or what might be below” (459). Again, I believe this symbolizes the world. None of us realize how deep we are into things, until we are right in the middle of it. This happens to Andy. At first, she thinks that she wants to shoot a deer. “Please let us get a deer, she prayed” (462). Andy does not realize what this really means until she actually kills the doe. “What have I done? Andy thought” (464). This is how life goes when we get older. We no longer have parents to make choices for us. We make our own and learn from our own mistakes.
Andy’s transition into adulthood is symbolized by the ocean. “It was huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden” (459). I think the world is being described in these sentences. The world is a huge place and if you try to find happiness in it, all you will find is emptiness. Many things in the world seem like they should bring us joy, but they really do not. The consequences are hidden under a fake layer of pleasure. “If you walked in it, you couldn’t see how deep it was or what might be below” (459). Again, I believe this symbolizes the world. None of us realize how deep we are into things, until we are right in the middle of it. This happens to Andy. At first, she thinks that she wants to shoot a deer. “Please let us get a deer, she prayed” (462). Andy does not realize what this really means until she actually kills the doe. “What have I done? Andy thought” (464). This is how life goes when we get older. We no longer have parents to make choices for us. We make our own and learn from our own mistakes.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
"Doe Season" Answer 3
In the beginning of the story Andy enjoys the outdoors and the wide range of the woods, how they went on for miles and the quietest of them. How she wanted to be with her father out in the woods hunting and hoping to see a deer. She enjoyed the closeness they had together, the bond of father and daughter and how he enjoyed her company, on the deer hunt.
Life changed when she finally shot a deer and how she injured it and it ran away. Andy was so scared that the deer would suffer on her account. She so had wished it would of ran away, so she wouldn't of had to shoot at it or injure it, in anyway. She was happy that they found it dead and no more suffering become of the deer. Andy also realized that, hunting was not for her. She didn't have the bravery to kill an animal.
Andy remembers her visit to the ocean, "how huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden."(459) That is what she feels like now, after shooting the deer, empty. She realizes that she no longer wants to do what the men do and she no longer wants to be called Andy. She has now went from tomboy to girl, from childhood to adulthood.
Andrea realizes that things don't stay the same, they are always moving forward, just like she has too.
Life changed when she finally shot a deer and how she injured it and it ran away. Andy was so scared that the deer would suffer on her account. She so had wished it would of ran away, so she wouldn't of had to shoot at it or injure it, in anyway. She was happy that they found it dead and no more suffering become of the deer. Andy also realized that, hunting was not for her. She didn't have the bravery to kill an animal.
Andy remembers her visit to the ocean, "how huge and empty, yet always moving. Everything lay hidden."(459) That is what she feels like now, after shooting the deer, empty. She realizes that she no longer wants to do what the men do and she no longer wants to be called Andy. She has now went from tomboy to girl, from childhood to adulthood.
Andrea realizes that things don't stay the same, they are always moving forward, just like she has too.
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