Theme is one of the most important elements that helped to develop tone in Wolff’s story. While reading the story Wolff makes it know that all the men have flaws and imperfections are the basis of what makes us human. Normally society claims that having flaws …show more content…
From the title “Hunters in the Snow” readers can assume that the story will take place in a cold and snowy area; maybe in the woods because they are hunters. When it is cold and snowy in most places it means that it is winter. Winter has a meaning deeper than just being a season. It stands for death and resentment which plays a great role in this short story. Death is prevalent in this story; Kenny kills a dog then threatens to kill Tub. Tub, then in fear, and also with his bottled up resentment toward his “friends” shoots Kenny and injures him enough that he has to be checked into the hospital. The last sentence of the story mentions that Tub and Frank became lost, making it obvious that Kenny is going to die. Death is a serious subject, especially when it is a friend dying, but due to Frank and Tub’s lack of seriousness about Kenny’s injury Wolff is able to create the irreverent