In Ernest Hemingway's The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, Hemingway displays a power struggle and how it affects the characters, Francis Macomber and his wife, Margot. In the story, Francis Macomber gains confidence and evolves into the man Hemingway thinks all men should be. This gives Francis the courage to want to leave his controlling and conniving wife, but she "shoots" down that possibility very quickly.
             In the story Francis goes hunting with his guide, Robert Wilson, and ends up running away from a lion as Wilson shoots and kills the lion. His wife kisses Wilson on the lips in front of Francis. This shows disrespect and the familiar comfortable power she has over Francis. After the hunt, they head back to camp and Mrs. Macomber thinks of her husband as a coward. That night, she sneaks out of the tent, sleeps with Wilson, returns and tells Francis that she went "to get a breath of air." He calls her out on it and she acts like her action is legitimate because her husband is a "coward." Francis gets angry at this and begins to snap at Wilson during the next morning's conversations before they go out hunting once more. This proves that the affect Margot has on Francis is very powerful. She most definitely drives him crazy with her disrespectful acts. She kissed another man in front of him, openly admits to sleeping with Wilson, and flirts with Wilson throughout the story.
             Later in the story, the men have intentions to go hunt buffalo. Francis ends up killing two large buffalo and is very proud of him self. The third buffalo was just wounded and crawled into the tall grass, as the lion did. They head back to the jeep and Francis is boasting about his courageous hunt and Margot tells him she "hated it. She loathed it." Margot doesn't give him the credit he deserves because she feels she will be giving up her control over him and knows that he will leave her if he con...