When two healthy, uninjured men are confront with getting their injured friend to the hospital, they take their time, stop to warm up, and literally could not care any less than if they had no one in the back of the truck. What we learn from these men is that we never know the entire truth about people regardless of what we think.
Another way that Wolff deals with blindness in relation to life is how characters have difficulty facing reality. Frank cannot seem to understand that he is simply lusting after a young girl, Tub has issues with his weight that he continuously overlooks, and Kenny does not realize how uncaring he actually is. In normal condition, these issues might easily fade into the background as the routine of life goes on. However, in extreme circumstances, these men must look at facts in a different way. Human nature becomes...
Kenny, who appears to be the most despicable character in the story, becomes the victim and the reason we begin to see the true nature of the other men. Frank and Tub learn more about each other but at the expense of Kenny. These men begin to see Kenny as a burden as they swipe his blankets to keep them warm while he bleeds in the back of the truck. They become despicable because they leave their morality and decency in the tavern. Wolff's assertion that "had taken a different turn a long way back" (Wolff) indicates the ethical wrong turn the men take on the journey, revealing that we never really know everything about each other that we think we do.
Works Cited
Wolff, Tobias. "Hunters in the Snow. http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/huntsnow.html
