Hunters In the Snow

"Hunters In the Snow" by Tobias Wolff

"'Frank,' Tub said after a time, 'you know that farmer? He told Kenney to kill the dog'" (Wolff, 201).

The characters in "Hunters In the Snow" progressed through the story to be characterized as two-faced. At the beginning, Tub and Frank initially are characterized to be a fat man and a blunt, honest, of frank man based on their names, respectively. Kenney is characterized as being an unruly character as his introduction is nearly running Tub over in a truck. Through this, the initial idea of each of the characters is made. As the characters progress through the story, each character develops to show their initial schema but also shows another surprising element to each of the characters. At the tail end of the story, Tub admits knowing that the farmer told Kenney to shoot the dog rather than Frank's misconception that Kenney shot the dog on an out of control rage. Through this, both Tub and Kenney are characterized again but in another two-faced way. Tub, being a stock-ish character, withholds information that could have put Tub in the position of being blamed for shooting Kenney rather than being praised by Frank for stopping Kenney from continuing his shooting rage. Also, Kenney is characterized to be more than an out of control man but rather someone that does something civil for another person. Lastly, Frank is characterized again at the end of the story when he admits that he would rather that Kenney got shot by Tub than Tub getting shot by Kenney. In saying this, Frank is changing from being the brutally honest person that makes fun of Tub to siding with Tub and making himself look like he only acts brutal around Kenney to be like Kenney.