Doe Season Sparknotes

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Separation, transition and integration are the three mandatory phases one must go through during an initiation period. In the end story “Doe Season” written by David Michael Kaplan, the main character, Andrea transitions into a women when she denies the role of being a hunter. A role in which her father had expected her to fill. This essay will outline and discuss why Andrea didn't follow through on her fathers wishes and the consequences that followed her decision to do so, it will explain the use of setting and how the author used both the ocean and the woods to elaborate on the main character. And lastly it will explain how no matter what Andy does, she will always have a strong female frame of mind and though process.

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The woods and ocean are representative of two paths that Andrea is faced with. The woods being the path of a hunter and being surrounded by a male dominant setting. “That’s what the woods are all about anyway […] it’s where the woman don’t want to go.” Charlie said in paragraph 107. While the ocean is meant to represent a path filled with memories she had with her mother when she was a little girl. Andy saw that her mother’s swimsuit top had come off, so that her breasts swayed free, her nipples like two dark eyes. Embarrassed, Andy looked around (…) Her mother stood up unsteadily, regained her footing taking what seemed the longest time and she calmly refixed her top. (…) The sound of surf made her head ache.” In the this, Andrea shows signs of uncomfortableness when her mother has no top on. Meaning that she is afraid and slightly uncomfortable of having the same womanly parts as her mother. Being that they are two paths, Andrea must choose one. She allows her mind, and soul decide what path she is going to follow and thats when she chooses the path of the ocean. The path in which led her to accepting …show more content…

They get a thrill and an adrenaline rush from killing in the woods. But when Andrea is in the woods, her feminine side is constantly coming through, she feels pain and sadness from killing. An example of this would be when she shoot the doe. ““I don’t like to think of it suffering.””[…] “She was almost in tears.” (160). If Andy were meant to chose the path of the woods, she wouldn't have the feeling of regret and pain when she killed but she does, therefore proving her choice of the ocean was the right path to take. Andreas father never forced her into hunting or killing, it was always her choice to try and become the son her father never had. So, when she killed the doe it was her choice allowing her to realize that hunting and killing and being in a masculine setting was not what she

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