Hunters In The Snow Character Relationships

Hunters Bonding In The Snow Some friends are closer than others. Friendships change. Keeping someone’s close friendship can in some cases be viewed as a power struggle. At least, this is what happens to Tub in the story Hunters in the Snow. Tub goes hunting with two ‘friends’. One of his so-called friends spends the trip berating him and mocking him for his physical inabilities. This so-called friend is Kenny, someone who joins him and Frank in hunting insults him quite a bit throughout the story. They head out into the snowy wilderness with rifles looking to shoot some deers. Instead, the score of the hunt becomes Kenny, who Tub shoots out of what he perceives to be self defense. He takes Kenny’s friendship with Frank by force and bonds with Frank later on in the story. In truth though, their relationship suggests that Tub didn’t see Kenny as a friend. Tub hated Kenny. Kenny is shown as being very self-absorbed and carefree throughout the story. At the start, when picking up Tub, he nearly runs him over, not thinking about what Tub may have thought about the ‘prank’. This implies that Kenny is not aware or does not care about the state of those around him. This is shown again by his constant degradation of Tub for his weight. He constantly insults him and mocks
However, their friendship is quite cold and they are quite cold with each other. Kenny is very mean to Tub and pulls two very dangerous pranks on Tub. When Tub shoots him, there is a huge change to the relationships between the characters. Kenny is cut out and the other characters cease to care about him, while they talk, have fun and bond. The story shows a lot of selfishness, with characters being completely unaware of the feelings and states of others. Tub and Frank became close friends. Their friend Kenny was left to bleed out while the two became close friends. Kenny was gone and two friends came