Can be described as good at hunting, courageous and self-disciplined. All the characteristics that Wilson displays present him as a well-rounded and masculine man. He shows courage when hunting, especially when he has to kill prey. The animals are usually very large in size, the fact that he can still persist in hunting shows how much courage he has. Wilson lives by his own laws and actions, he does what he thinks is right and not what is necessarily legal. He shows no remorse or guilt for his actions by casually saying “It's illegal if that's what you mean” (147). His values are strictly limited to what he believes he should do. For example, sleeping with another man's wife is morally wrong from most people's point of view, but he still does it by having his own rule that he only sleeps with women who come to him. Throughout the novel Wilson is consistent with what he thinks is his personal code that gives him meaning in life. “He has his standards about killing and they could stick to them or get someone else to hunt him,” because he hasn't changed his standards for anyone else. Although Wilson is not favored in Hemingway's list of characters, he proves that he lives up to an ideal
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