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Doe Season Analysis

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Prabhdeep Singh
ENG 102
Thomas Casey
Analysis of Doe Season by David Michael Kaplan
Doe season is a story about a nine year old girl Andy going hunting with her father, his father’s friend Charlie and his 11 year old son Mac. Although having a boyish nick name, her real name is Andrea. The narrator tells about her experience of seeing ocean for first time when they went to New Jersey Shore and that it frightened her, being huge and empty yet always moving. Her mother enjoying the ocean contrasts her experience and the ocean signifies adulthood and a child’s transition to a girl, which Andrea is afraid about.
During the trip, Andy felt ashamed and embarrassed by her mother when her swimsuit top came off and she stared at her mother’s breasts …show more content…

She along with her father, Charlie and Mac go back in hope of finding the Doe. Her father calls it her shot as she spotted the doe, but she states she couldn’t because of her hesitation. The hesitation was actually her innocence. Her father assured her but she was still indecisive and hoping the Doe listens to them and runs away. Charlie’s yelling pressured her and she finally took the shot. She instantly feels it as a mistake she made and this marked the loss of her innocence. The Doe escapes and they followed but could not find. Charlie degraded her due to her shot and it made Andy feel …show more content…

The owl being symbol of wisdom. She falls asleep and dreams about the Doe coming to her, feeling the wound and picturing the blood gushing out of it. This horrifies her and she could smell the blood when she woke up next morning. This blood can be seen as a reference to menstruation, which is something Andrea must go through in the transition into teenage. It’s also realization of her in fact going through the transition she always feared and tried to escape. This hunting becomes a turning point in her life from Andy to Andrea, as she witnesses death and embraces womanhood in the

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