Summary Of Hunters In The Snow By Tobias Wolff

In the story, "The Woman in the Snow" by Patricia C. Mckissack, two bus drivers encounter a woman standing outside in the snow with her baby, asking for a ride; however, this event occurs in different time periods. One of the bus drivers was a white man named Grady. The other one was an African -American man named Ray. The theme, empathy can be hard for others to give, but when there is empathy it can be meaningful is illustrated as Grady isn't compassionate towards the woman's situation and Ray is the opposite. When Grady came upon the woman with her baby standing in the snow, he had no sympathy towards her since he was privileged and didn't understand the struggle.

The short story Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff depicts three men that go on a hunting trip that changes the course of their lives. Each character lies to himself to accept his actions in his life. Kenny, Frank, and Tub need to successfully fool themselves before they can deceive anyone else. Each of the men are immature and selfish. They don't realize how their decisions impact other people's lives. They justify their lies with their own insecurities about their lifestyles. Their lies impact the situations they encounter and change their lives forever.

Being a man isn’t always easy, for most of their life they are taught to show no affection and to be tough in almost every situation. The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough. “Hunters in the Snow”, by Tobias Wolff, three hunting buddies, Frank, Tub and Kenny, set out on a hunting trip together as they have done for years. Tub, who is over-weight, self-conscious and a good friend, shows some of his weaknesses, strengths and hardships that are sometimes placed on men in different situations.

Hunters in the Snow is a fictional short story written in 1981 by Tobias Wolff. The story takes place in the suburbs of Spokane, Washington. The story has three main characters, but the the story focuses more on a character named Tub. I got a hint earlier on in the story that Tub might be a little overweight because Kenny asks “You still on that diet?” I came to a conclusion that Tub certainly is overweight towards the resolution of the story when Tub slips and drops Kenny. He tumbles down to the bottom of the drive and yells “You fat moron, you aren’t good for diddly” Tub shows sensitivity because when Frank and Kenny make jokes about him being fat he gets upset and mouths back to them. I find that Frank and Tub are alike in a few ways. They are both thoughtful of other people’s feelings, for example, when Kenny would joke around with

Tobias Wolff, in his short story Hunters in the Snow, creates a world where moral lines are blurred to the point of nonexistence and his characters have no real guidelines or goals. The subjects of their aimless pursuits seem to be as absent as the deer whose tracks have been covered by the snow. This colorless, pointless world fosters a sense of hopelessness, and each man’s purpose is as impossible as road signs under the fallen snow to identify. Without any moral guidelines, the men resort to aggression to assert their dominance and self-worth, associating affection with weakness and constructing friendships that are short-lived. Kenny’s accident alludes to the futility of a self-centered approach to life; however, even in the triumphs of

Human nature refers to the distinguishing qualities that characterize humankind. The history of human nature reveals to us that people tend to be drawn to power. People use power to exert their dominion over the weak or helpless. Power also motivates some people to engage in savagery acts.

This quotation comes from a conversation that Frank and Tub have after Kenny’s left to ask the farmer permission to his on his land. Frank gives Tub this statement after Tub asks Kenny why he doesn’t stand up for him anymore. Frank digs into Tub’s insecurity and his weakness while also hinting at his own issues, yet to be revealed by Kenny. However, it’s also in this statement that Frank and Tub are connected, because they both do have personal problems, both tangentially involving Kenny. So when Tub shoots Kenny, both Frank and Tub reap the rewards of having a portion of their problem “solved”. For Frank, it’s Kenny’s volatility with his secret and for Tub, it’s Kenny’s picking on him. Though neither of their issues are actually fixed, (in fact, they’re exaggerated) Frank and Tub aren’t self-aware enough to realize that their problems run much deeper than Kenny.

In the short story Hunters in the snow the hierarchy is based on who has the most dirt on each other, once secrets are exchanged between the group the hierarchy slowly falls and power shifts. In Hunters in the snow it is obvious that the leader of the group is Kenny. The reason being is that Kenny knows all the secrets the other two have. Kenny use’s his knowledge to bully and control Tub and Frank. Later during the story Tub take initiative and decides too shoot Kenny; this is a turning part in the story and leads to the later shift in power.

Due to Tub being emotional, he can also be weak. Him being weak causes him to complain at times during the story, he appears to be tender and easily harmed. Tub complains throughout the story saying, “I waited an hour” and “I’m cold” (Arp 86 and 87). Kenny and Frank never show compassion towards him, making Tub seek even more attention and compassion from them. Tub hoped for Frank and Kenny to be compassionate and made excuses for his self when he says that his gland problem is what causes him to be obese. Frank and Kenny continue to make fun of him and show no compassion at all.

The true problem is Tub’s friends are not loyal to him. “When Tub crossed the last fence into the road the truck started moving (89).” Kenny and Frank do not consider Tub’s presence as

No one ever thought that hunting could go so wrong. The short story “Hunters In The Snow” by Tobias Wolff really makes the reader think and wonder what's going to happen next. Like when three men wander into the woods for a hunting trip on a cold snowy afternoon. The three men Kenny, Frank and Tubs are friends, but that does not stop Kenny from teasing Tubs the whole trip. This is just the start of a disaster of a hunting trip. Wolff uses the setting and conflict to portray the man and how they act throughout the story.Titles

The main character whose name was never mentioned in the story, but he was probably a gold prospector, let his own foolish pride cloud his judgement about traveling through freezing cold snow with little supplies and equipment to see him through with nobody but a faithful dog who would’ve left the man the minute he met him because the animals could sometimes meet with a terrible end in the story and he was the man’s one and only traveling partner and yet the man wanted to kill the dog and use it’s carcass as a way to keep his hands from freezing and turning to ice. But in his defense the absence of the sun was inexcusable considering the sun never shines in the frozen north the skies are always cloudy and gray the sun hardly ever shines in countries where it snows all the time countries like Russia, Canada, Iceland, Alaska, Norway, and Antarctica. But the man still had the audacity to think that with his bravery, self-wit, and clever thinking that he can endure any weather snow, rain, sleet, and hail he doesn’t need help from anyone or anything and that’s exactly how people with no thought meet with unfortunate

The theme and or lesson of this story is what goes around comes around. The story that I would compare this to would be “Hunters safety”. My evidence for this is in “Thank you ma'am” she said “you shall not steal to get the things that you may want”. My explanation for this is that she was explaining that you don't have to steal to get what you want. In “Hunter safety” it says “I guess I don't know everything.” That was after the fact he shot the gun in his toe. My explanation for this is that he was telling himself that he was better than his dad at shooting and safety lessons because he was mad but then he shot himself in the toe then realizing that he wasn't all that he was telling himself. This information proves that the lesson what goes

There are three types of ending for a literary fiction: happy, unhappy, and indeterminate ending. The Hunters in the Snow by Wolff is a good example of a literary fiction with an indeterminate ending. Indeterminate ending is an ending that is neither happy or unhappy. Stories that have indeterminate ending has no definitive conclusion. Hunters in the Snow illustrates an indeterminate ending since the readers do not know whether Tub and Frank will keep their friendship or will it end. This is very helpful in a way that there is no precise resolution, for it leaves the reader to think about real life situations and think about the “complex psychological dynamics” of the human relationships. The Hunters in the Snow leaves the impression that

“Hunter in the snow” is one of the pictures that I like so much. First of all, the overall visual impression is a calm, cold, and overcast day with white and grey colors. This picture is about winter with snow which covers everything, which likes Connecticut at this time, and it is about three hunters and a pack of dogs that come home after a busy day. Moreover the hunters and their dogs go home with very hard steps. That means they are very tired. They are not only tired because they worked so hard, but also because they got almost nothing, except only one fox. This is the time for them to go home with their family and have dinner in a warm atmosphere. I think with the fox, they will have a good meal with its meat and a good coat with