Hunters in the Snow

Hunters in the Snow
Tobias Wolff

To start of this blog I would like to say that the characters in this short story were idiots. If your friend is dying in the back of the truck, you take them to the hospital; so obviously these characters are not really friends. Tub, Kenny, and Frank are all characterized by how they act and what they say. For example, Frank is very defensive when Kenny threatens to spread his secret. He is also very standoffish and does not respond to some of Kenny's jokes toward Tub. This characterizes Frank as a guy who has something to hide from other people. Tub's character is a stereotypical fat guy to some extent. However, most stock characters  like Tub are the bud of all the jokes and just let it go, but Tub reacted to Kenny pointing the gun at him and admitting and talking about his problem prove him to not be the stereotypical character. Furthermore, both Frank and Tub are idiots who have no concern for a man who they will be charged of killing. Even though Kenny was the jerk poking fun of Tub at the beginning, the reader becomes sympathetic toward him realizing his friends are idiots and that the farmer "told Kenny to kill the dog."(201)