Robert W. Krepps's 'Pride Of Seven'

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The short story “Pride of Seven” by Robert W. Krepps explores the theme that new paths are always blazed with bravery. In the beginning of this tale the narrator divulges his fears for both of his friends; the narrator knows that at one point or another that one of his friends will have to end by the hand of the other. The narrator has been living with the Masai tribe and has adopted two new friends during his stay of which are En-gerr and El Asfar. En-gerr is a member of the tribe and has yet to complete his right of passage into manhood, which is to kill a lion. This is where the problem begins -- the narrator's friend El Asfar is a lion. When En-gerr finally sees the lion on a trip out with the narrator he states that he must simply have
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In the story “Pride of Seven” by Robert W. Krepps, the author writes about keeping up and following society's expectations and practices by telling the reader about a young man who is living with the Masai. He is friends with a man named En-gerr and he has never killed a lion. In order to be a man of the Masai, you have to kill a lion, but unfortunately for En-gerr, he has never done so. Later in the story, En-gerr decides to kill his first lion, but instead he does something very out of the ordinary…

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