The setting
of "" is significant as the snow disguises objects and pathways, and many of the
markers and boundaries are hidden. The cold of this environment is also reflective of the
unemotional reactions of the two other men to Kenny's injury.
While the
three men hunt together, they seem to lack any real fraternity; there are no lines visible, just
as the snow covers the earth. In the snowy woods, any warmth that does exist among the men is
also covered over. Kenny ridicules Tub for his obesity, Tub lags behind and is not partnered
with either of the others, and Frank makes little effort to include Tubs or give him any
sympathy. Their selfishness is evinced early in the story as Kenny and Frank do not worry about
picking Tub up, and he must wait an hour...
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