"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway

        In Ernest Hemingway's story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," Francis Macomber, according to Hemingway, is 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 regains his happiness and bravery while out hunting buffalo; unfortunately, it is short lived.         Francis Macomber is a man in his mid-thirties, "very tall, very well built...and considered handsome." …

…That was a pretty thing to do.' he said in a toneless voice. 'He would have left you too.'"         Francis Macomber's short lived, happy life is ended tragically by an accidental shot to the head by a bullet from the rifle held by his wife. Perhaps Margot shot her husband, fearing a divorce, because of his new found bravery. Whatever the answer is, Francis Macomber had a short happy life before he died.