Hunters in the Snow

The short story "Hunters in the Snow" by Tobias Wolf consist of almost no emotions. Throughout the course of the short story, the three friends criticize each other rather than complement each other. I noticed Tub is the only character that shows real emotion. Tub opens up to Frank about hiding his true self. While Tub is seen as a practical joker and the butt of jokes by the other two characters, emotions is revealed at the end of the short story. Tub begins to speak about his weight and how he has been lying about his gland condition. "No body knows. That's the worst of it, Frank. Not the being fat, I never got any big kick out of being thin, but the lying" (Wolf, 200). When he beings to open up to Frank, Tub is for the first time seen as a realized individual. Tub and Franks true friendship is shown in the fact that the two of them are for the first time talking to each other about the struggles they have in their daily lives. Frank talks about his affair with the babysitter and Tub talks about his eating habits over four orders of pancakes with plenty of butter and syrup.