The Bear | Characters
The Bear is an usual work because it exists in two main forms. In the simpler form, it is a story of a great bear hunt in which Isaac McCaslin, Sam Fathers, and Old Ben, the bear, are the main characters. The more complex version includes a long and complicated fourth section in which Isaac explains to his older cousin, McCaslin Edmonds, how his experiences hunting in the big woods have led him to refuse the Mississippi plantation of which he is the heir. This is followed by a shorter, concluding fifth section. Even though the longer version was created for and is firmly embedded...
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