Tobias Wolff is framing his story Hunters in the Snow, in the countryside near Spokane, Washington, where three friends with three different personalities, decide to take a trip to the woods to hunt in a cold and snowy climate. The whole story follows the hunting trip of these three friends. The reader can easily observe that the cold and hostile environment is an outward expression of how men behave towards each other. Kenny, with a cold heart, is quite hostile to Tub, while Frank is cold and indifferent to Tub and his pleas for help. The setting suits the characters themselves, being cold and indifferent as the author described the two from the truck when they laughed at Tub's look: "You should see each other," the driver said. “He looks just like a beach ball with a hat on his head, doesn't he? Isn't that right, Frank?”(48). Towards the beginning of the story the cold and the waiting certainly create an impact on the character's mood. The tub is restless with the wait and the cold adds to it. He complains about being cold and Kenny and Frank, his friends, tell him to stop complaining, which seems very hostile. Wolff builds the story around the cold climate, and the impact of the cold on each character slowly increases. Kenny and Frank walk on one side of the stream and Tub walks on the other side. Throughout the hunt they had problems with the snow, especially Tub, who tends to swim in the deep snow, sometimes breaking through the hard crust that supports the lighter weight of the other two men. The icy crust collapses under his weight, so he soon stops looking for tracks and just tries to keep up with his friends (51). Their hunt was unsuccessful, they find no sign of deer and begin to return to the trail that Tub has