Robert W. Krepps's Short Story 'Pride Of Seven'

The short story “Pride of Seven” by Robert W. Krepps portrays the theme you should follow what you believe is right and not to let others influence your choices and beliefs. First, the Masai tribe, located in Kenya and northern Tanzania, have a tradition that to become a man you must kill a lion as the final test after surpassing all others. If the boys choose not to they are little, but barely more important than a woman. There was a fellow named En-gerr who waited a very long time to even decide he wanted to Kill a lion, but decided when a man showed him the most majestic pride, with the most beautiful male lion he had ever seen and decided that was to be his. The man went to the lion one week after deciding to kill it, but when he got to the cave, the lion was GONE! The men searched for the
Indefinitely he knew he was ready. It’s like waiting for the right moment to flip an omelet, you know when it’s ready to be flipped, The-sheep knew when he was ready to go after a lion. Next En-gerr, The Sheep, has the chance to kill the Lion but instead says and does something remarkable. “En-gerr approached the animal until he was no more than fifteen feet separated them…’It is peace chieftain,’ En-gerr said in a clear, carrying voice. ‘You are my first lion, and it is peace between us’” (9). Lastly, in the beginning the narrator flat out asks En-gerr why he hadn’t killed a lion yet. His response is one not typically expected. “I have not felt like it,” (2). Most men choose to kill as soon at the time that they have passed the other tests. Most men want to become a man as soon as possible. Some people have a different mindset than everyone else and En-gerr is one of those men who doesn’t have the need to do everything early in life and to be the most beloved in the tribe. He does not have the need to be the best at