The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber is suddenly invigorated with energy to start afresh. Margot picks up the gun to defend her husband, trying to save him in the face of danger. For once in their lives, husband and wife are both on the same side, shooting at the same bull. It is tragically ironic, of course, as she kills the man she is trying to save, but such is Hemingway’s commentary on life. The good things we gain are the sweetest, and the most short-lived. A third interpretation of Margot’s shot is that she is trying to regain dominance over her husband by killing the
Nandanar (author) Nandanar (author) Nandanar was the pseudoyum of P. C. Gopalan (1926–1974), who was one of the three famous Malayalam writers whose novels and stories depicted the life in the army camps and battlefields during the 1940s and 1950s, the other two being Kovilan (P. V. Ayyappan) and Parappurath (K. E. Mathai). He took his pseudonym from the name of a famous devotee of Lord Shiva, and one of the 63 Nayanars in Shaivism. "Anubhavangal", "Ira", "Thokkukalkkidayile Jeevitham", "Athmavinte Novukal", "Ariyappedatha Manushyajeevikal", "Anubhoothikalude Lokam" etc. are some of his better-known works. Adept in depicting the nostalgic sentiments of army men who