Adeeb Shuhait SLOW Reading “Hunters In the Snow”
Page 92, paragraph 239
"That Kenny. What a card." He laughed and so did Tub. Tub smiled out the back window. Kenny lay with his arms folded over his stomach, moving his lips at the stars. Right overhead was the Big Dipper, and behind, hanging between Kenny's toes in the direction of the hospital, was the North Star, Pole Star, Help to Sailors. As the truck twisted through the gentle hills the star went back and forth between Kenny's boots, staying always in his sight. "I'm going to the hospital," Kenny said. But he was wrong. They had taken a different turn a long way back.
Surface Details:
Who: Tub, Frank, and Kenny
Where: Kenny’s truck
When: Winter night
What: Frank and Tub are driving …show more content…
As they conversate they even laugh and joke about everything that has happened to them as well as calling Kenny a card. Up until the accident Kenny had always been the alpha male of the group while Tub was a weakling. As their leader Kenny asserted his dominance and expressed that they are all grown men that should be able to handle their problems personally. His statements do not hold weight however because he has no problems to battle against. Ever since the moment Kenny came crashing through with his truck to when he was laying in the back of the truck he demonized Tub’s inability to be healthy and lose weight; furthermore, he also ridiculed Frank for his love towards a 15 year old. Another fault of Kenny’s leadership was that he joked about serious subjects that should not be addressed in a mocking tone. These flaws would ultimately lead to Kenny’s downfall when he joked about shooting Tub and surprisingly Tub shot Kenny first rather than running or shying away because of Kenny’s superiority. That one shot would change the whole dynamic of the group. The once strong alpha male was now at the bottom and the fat, unathletic weakling was now at the top. Kenny had instilled an everyman for himself mindset in Tub and Frank which led them to not caring for Kenny. In a time of urgency Wolff used insincere and optimistic tones in the conversations until the end of the story. Optimism towards their own problems and not Kenny’s. Wolff also shows optimism and gracefulness to the nature around the three hunters using many star names like “Big Dipper” and “North star” as well as calling the hills they traverse
Page 92, paragraph 239
"That Kenny. What a card." He laughed and so did Tub. Tub smiled out the back window. Kenny lay with his arms folded over his stomach, moving his lips at the stars. Right overhead was the Big Dipper, and behind, hanging between Kenny's toes in the direction of the hospital, was the North Star, Pole Star, Help to Sailors. As the truck twisted through the gentle hills the star went back and forth between Kenny's boots, staying always in his sight. "I'm going to the hospital," Kenny said. But he was wrong. They had taken a different turn a long way back.
Surface Details:
Who: Tub, Frank, and Kenny
Where: Kenny’s truck
When: Winter night
What: Frank and Tub are driving …show more content…
As they conversate they even laugh and joke about everything that has happened to them as well as calling Kenny a card. Up until the accident Kenny had always been the alpha male of the group while Tub was a weakling. As their leader Kenny asserted his dominance and expressed that they are all grown men that should be able to handle their problems personally. His statements do not hold weight however because he has no problems to battle against. Ever since the moment Kenny came crashing through with his truck to when he was laying in the back of the truck he demonized Tub’s inability to be healthy and lose weight; furthermore, he also ridiculed Frank for his love towards a 15 year old. Another fault of Kenny’s leadership was that he joked about serious subjects that should not be addressed in a mocking tone. These flaws would ultimately lead to Kenny’s downfall when he joked about shooting Tub and surprisingly Tub shot Kenny first rather than running or shying away because of Kenny’s superiority. That one shot would change the whole dynamic of the group. The once strong alpha male was now at the bottom and the fat, unathletic weakling was now at the top. Kenny had instilled an everyman for himself mindset in Tub and Frank which led them to not caring for Kenny. In a time of urgency Wolff used insincere and optimistic tones in the conversations until the end of the story. Optimism towards their own problems and not Kenny’s. Wolff also shows optimism and gracefulness to the nature around the three hunters using many star names like “Big Dipper” and “North star” as well as calling the hills they traverse