Watson 1 Anita Watson English 1302-503 Essay 1 February 12, 2012 Character Development, Setting, and Irony in Hunters in the Snow In the story “Hunters in the Snow”, by Tobias Wolff, the writer tells of three men: Kenny, Frank, and Tub who go on a hunting trip. In the beginning of the story, Wolff does not give much background information on the men, we have to rely on their actions to develop and reveal their true character. As the story unfolds, we learn more about each character and the secrets each one holds. The author develops characterization through direct quotation and their interactions. The writer also uses the cold, unforgiving setting to reveal the true animal characteristics of the men.
The author describes a certain night where things at Greasy Lake were going to change. In an opening scene, the main character and his best friends, Digby and Jeff are driving to Greasy Lake just like any other night, when Digby spots what he thought was his friend’s car driving ahead of them. They speed up trying to get the drivers attention when they realized it wasn’t their friend. The rough older man pulls over and the protagonist and his friends decided it would be a good idea trying to beat the man up, but things soon went wrong. When the main character gets out of his car he accidently drops his car keys.
In order to achieve the feeling, they went ahead and befriended a bad boy; they almost raped a girl and murdered someone. As the young boys were arriving to the lake, they noticed there were symbols of danger everywhere. For example, early in the story, the narrator describes the car they drive to Greasy Lake as an old station wagon, clearly not the “ride” of a tough-guy. When the boys arrive at Greasy Lake, they see a “chopper, leaned against its kickstand” and next to it is a 57 Chevy parked on the shore (Boyle 530). Both of the vehicles are hotrods that indicate a greasy site to see.
The attitudes towards each other start to reflect the warmth of the blankets, by having, the warmth of the blanket it made them warmer to each other. Frank starts talking to Tub about the babysitter that was mentioned in the beginning of the story. He shares his secrets with Tub which in turn brings them closer to each other. Tub also shares his secrets with Frank, he does not have gland problems, and thus, lies to his wife about it and secretively eats behind her back. They decided to stop at a restaurant at the end of the story, which is warm inside.
"To Build a Fire" By Jack London Part 1: A summary of the novel, including the main characters, setting, plot, and major conflicts. "To Build A Fire" by Jack London is a third-person account of a man's struggle to trek across the Yukon Territory on foot in sub-zero temperatures. The temperatures drop far below what the hiker had anticipated, but he continues on his dangerous journey unaware of how cold it really is. In the beginning of the story, the man makes consistent progress in his journey and has high hopes that he will make it to camp only a little after dark. As he ventures further into his journey, the temperatures drop and the man becomes concerned with his wellbeing.
However their paths are forced to cross when Victor’s father passed away, and he desperately needed money to travel to phoenix to collect his ashes and belongings. As a last resort, Victor accepts Thomas’s offer to fund part of the trip in exchange for him tagging along. The two set out on their road trip and end up bonding on the way. Despite the fact that they bonded during the trip and now have a better understanding of each other, they still did not end up being friends. “Victor knew that Thomas would remain the crazy story teller who talked to dogs and cats, who listened to the wind and pine trees.
In “To Build a Fire” the narrator plans to travel through the dangerous Yukon to a distant mining camp to meet up with some of his companions. It is his first winter there and he is called a “chechaquo”, a newcomer to the extreme subzero temperatures. Although he is warned by the old man from Sulphur Creek not to go out alone in the freezing weather, he does so anyway but brings a dog along with him. London writes of the dog, “Its instinct told it a truer tale than was told to the man by the man’s judgment” (#). The man is very observant but doesn’t make connections to what he should watch out for so the dog’s actions tell of danger.
Emma Thurston English 12 Mrs. Frelich 5/23/12 Wolves, Boys & Other Things That Might Kill Me Kristen Chandler's novel is a classic coming-of-age tale set in Montana shortly after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park. KJ Carson, 16, lives with her father, who runs a business as a guide for hunting and fishing parties. While on a hunting trip with him, the teen watches a wolf get torn to pieces by other wolves. Her father tells her not to forget it. He explains, "The minute that wolf backed down it was all over."
He also tells him that if he is going to travel in the Klondike in weather like this that he needs a travelling partner. Through out the story the new comer goes back and forth with himself about how the old-timer was wrong and then he would change his mind about how he was right. The new comer appreciated some of the advice that the old-timer had given but he was still
Evil is presented to Connie when a young man that she ignored one night while she was out with her friends. The man, Arnold Friend, shows up at her house on Sunday morning and threatens to hurt her family if she calls the police. He insists that her family doesn’t understand her and never has and that she will love him. Connie eventually decides to go with Arnold. In the story “Young Goodman Brown” the main character is a young newlywed puritan man who goes into the woods one night to meet an elderly gentleman who walks with him further into the dark woods.