Isak Dinesen & Beryl Markham

Isak Dinesen & Beryl Markham In Isak Dinesen's From Out of Africa, readers can first notice her descriptive and vivid details she portrays throughout her short story. Dinesen writes how she and her companion, Denys, take a trip to Lake Natron. At First, the author explains the location and scenery the two of them view from a "birds eye view" as they travel across Africa in an airplane. Dinesen explains what they observe in her …

…she supported, much like she clearly explains, As to the brutality of elephant-hunting, I cannot see that it is any more brutal than ninety per cent of all other human activities. I suppose there is nothing more tragic about the death of a Hereford steer- certainly not in the eyes of the steer (234). After reading Markham's From West with the Night, readers, especially elephant hunters, might think twice before killing these innocent and beautiful creatures.