Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals.
It’s referenced in Jack’s jacket in No.9, Gameskeeper Tweed— a fabric associated here with estate work and hunting; the precise garment identification remains provisional.
The dog portraits Jack’s framed by in No.50, the bird portraits Danny sees in No.23, the stuffed animal heads, the bear skin rug — the Grady Girls that warm Danny but Delbert Grady confronts Jack— all of this deals with the conceptual nature of “the hunt” and as Danny as the “the hunted”.
In this image · No.29
The Missing Woman and the Hunting Trip
The violence Wendy hears about on the news reflects the violence she will experience and, within this reading, has already experienced with Jack. The report of a woman missing after a hunting trip with her husband connects hunting with danger within marriage. The news does not establish what happened to the missing woman; the connection is the scene’s thematic implication. This reflection continues in No.65.