Reflection on Doe Season

The story "Doe Season", written by David Kaplan, is a story about a girl, who calls herself Andy and goes on a hunting trip with her father, his friend and his son. on this hunting trip, Andy stumbles upon a bit of self -discovery. Andy does better than any of the men she was with. still, she has a difficult time adjusting and adapting to the men themselves. she felt extremely uncomfortable with the references made to and about her. when she was by herself gathering sticks, she saw a buck and two doe. being excited and the only one to see any deer on the trip, she scurried back to the camp. And of course, the men, being so sure of themselves, responded with hostility. They all searched the surrounding the forrest for the deer, and none were found. she felt very astranged when the young man in the group when he called her a liar. These awkward and sometimes painful situations brought her to the conclusion that she could not succede in the world if she was to be a boy. she was a girl, and with that came her own responsibilities.