"Hunters in the Snow" was published in 1981 by Tobias Wolff. Tobias's creative short story was very fascinating to me. It was full of action and he really brought out each character in the story. Each character was represented with there own personalities and comedies.
I really enjoyed Hunters in the Snow. It reminded me of how to be true and honest to yourself and your friends. Tub, whom was one of the main characters in this story, was an overweight man who blames his fats on his "glands". He was the center of everyone's jokes, he was everyone's joke. His friends Kenney and Frank would make comments such as, "you haven't seen your own balls in ten years", and tub would reply back, "What am I supposed to do?" "It's my glands". He never wanted anyone to know he just loved to eat and couldn't control what he did eat. Kenney and Frank were too laid back guys with there own problems. Frank was a man who was in love with his sixteen year old babysitter and wanted to leave his wife for her. He just didn't know how to do it. This was his secret he kept from Tub. Kenney on the other hand, he was more of an unkind hearted man. He didn't impress me much in this story. I really didn't agree with his character to well. .
Throughout the whole story Frank and Kenney really teased Tub to the point were it got really old. When they picked up Tub and started on there journey to find a place to hunt it was really cold. The car window was busted out, so cold breezed swept over there whole bodies. Tub was complaining it was too cold. Frank and Kenney were irritated with his bitching and quoted, "stop bitching tub, get centered". "I wasn't bitching". "Centered", Kenney said "Next thing you"ll be wearing a nightgown Frank selling flowers out at the airport". "Kenney", Frank said "you talk too much". They did this throughout there whole trip; constantly bickering at each other, I guess that's part of what makes the story exciting.
Then, a thunder storm came upon them and they found a dry cave and slept there for the night. ... Meanwhile, Bilbo had told a bird to find a hunter named Bard the Hunter and to tell him that Smaug had a weak spot below the neck. Bard the Hunter came and saw the spot and plunged an arrow into Smaug, Smaug fell down and died....
Then, a thunder storm came upon them and they found a dry cave and slept there for the night. ... Meanwhile, Bilbo had told a bird to find a hunter named Bard the Hunter and to tell him that Smaug had a weak spot below the neck. Bard the Hunter came and saw the spot and plunged an arrow into Smaug, Smaug fell down and died. ...
Short after the arrival of Jamie and Awasin in the camp of the Cree Indians, three hunters of the Chipeweyan tribe came with canoes. ... On the next morning the Chipeweyan hunters and some hunters from the Crees, Solomon, Awasin and Jamie followed the tracks of the deers by the side the river. ... The storm lasted for four days and the boys were locked in their own building. ... At the fifth day the storm was over. ... But the storm was so strang that Jamie got so weak that he wanted to lay down. ...
Drenched in sweat, the Hunter came to a stop to catch his breath. ... From what the Hunter could tell, he knew that the game was fairly smart, he hoped he was or it meant that the Hunter was that much dumber. ... The noises grew more audible as if it was the gradually increasing amount of rain at the start of a storm, the noises grew into steps and every so often the Hunter heard a twig snap. ... Bringing himself to ease the Hunter noticed something different. ... Said the Hunter. ...
The choir boys are appointed hunters; Jack, the leader of the choir, is made leader of hunters. ... He tells them that there is plenty of edible fruit on the island and that if they work together they will be able to survive; also that they will need hunters to kill animals for meat. ... The hunters kill a pig and everyone eats it. ... His tribe of hunters viciously and grotesquely kill a pig and mount the head in a beatiful of the jungle. ... Jack's tribe is a group of wildmen now, and they one storm Ralph's group and steel a boy named piggys glasses so they can make fire. ...
The Hunter's Dream "Boom, and It fell". That was the most nervous I have ever been while I was hunting. Do not get the wrong idea, because nothing relives stress like hunting. If it were up to me, I would be hunting now. Although my favorite type is deer hunting, I enjoy hunting other types of ...
Jack and his hunters paint their faces to look like masks. ... as the storm overhead gathers force. ... Only then does the storm finally break and the rain begin to fall. ... The hunters drag the twins off. ... The next day Jack and the hunters plan to cover the island looking for Ralph. ...
Jack represents a dictator and ignorance, he is also a hunter and soldier on the island. ... Ralph wins the vote but Jack really wanted to win, so Ralph assigns Jack and the rest of the choir to be the hunters for the group of boys. The hunters set out to explore the island. ... The hunters return from their expedition of the island and gather for a meeting with the rest of the boys. ... When the feast is over, Ralph asks Jack how he is going to shelter from the storm thats blowing in. ...
They can tell when a storm is coming by how the seals surface in the water. ... Many hunters don't need to hunt deer for the meat, they just want to be big shots and kill the biggest deer. When they do kill it, the hunters don't care about what they do with the bodies. ...
