IS THERE A GOD
The short story written by David Michael Kaplan, “Doe Season” is what I have chosen to analyze. “Doe Season” is about a young, innocent girl, named “Andy” who goes hunting with her father, his friend “Charlie Spreun” and his 11 year-old son “Mac.” At the beginning of the story she is praying that they will get a deer. Throughout the story, the narrator tells of Andy’s past experienes, like when she saw the ocean for the first time and was frightened. The narrator also mentions actual experiences she has within the hunting trip, like when Mac asks her if she has ever seen “it” (a penis). She is also disgusted when the young boy tells her that they sometimes cut the the deer’s “it” off when a process called “hogdressing” is being done (not realizing how cruel hunting can be). Once the opportunity comes for her to shoot a deer, she wishes it would run away and wonders why it does not. She shoots it, but it runs away. She can’t believe what she did, and is unable to fall asleep. That night, she has a bazaar experience of the deer coming right up to her tent and
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Charlie Spreun, Andy Andy, Doe Season, Innocence Lost, loss innocence, doe season, Spoon Mac, Bibliography NONE, central theme, theme story, ocean frightened,
Approximate Word count = 738
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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