bject making a man stronger, thus giving him a better image and appearance. Hemingway
             makes Robert Wilson seem so much more superior and powerful due to his rifle through one
             particular passage: " He heard the ca-ra-wong! Of Wilson's big riffle, and again in a second
             crashing ca-ra-wong and turning saw the lion..." (Hemingway50). In this particular extract,
             Hemingway in every way makes Francis inferior to Robert. Giving Robert the larger weapon and
             the very masculine way of killing the beast attracts Margot to him The gun's shape and form
             remarkably resembles that of a male's masculinity. Throughout the short story, Hemingway
             develops the gun as a symbol of the male sex. Wilson's rifle is considerably larger than
             macomber's pistol; Therefore, Margot's actions in choosing Wilson over her husband illustrate
             that the man with the larger gun is more appealing. Thus, the size of a man's masculinity is a
             characteristic more desireable to women.
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