About Mid Life Crisis in Horst Stern's "The Last Hunt"

        In Horst Stern's The Last Hunt, a man named Joop is portrayed as a professional worker in a very well known bank. Outside of being a banker, Joop enjoys to hunt wild animals. This has been a hobby of his since he was a young boy. Throughout the story many questions are raised about Joop's true feelings about his job, hunting, and his life. In the beginning of the story, a women walks in on …

…the man in the background of the painting as a reflection of himself anymore. Not only did he get rid of the picture, but also he installs a glass pane with a lock on it on the front of his gun rack. After the glass is installed, Joop is satisfied that all the memories that have been haunting him have been solved by the actions of exorcising the memories of Mari, the bear, and Diana.