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Analysis of Short Stories
In “Hunters in the Snow”, Tobias Wolff defines what it is to be American as someone hiding the truth and seeking to become free from the burdens of life. There are many instances where Mr. Wolff talks about lies in the book. Frank lies about his affair with the babysitter, Kenny doesn’t tell the guys he was asked to shoot the dog, and Tub lies about having a gland problem being the reason why he was fat. All these lies lead to high tension and eventually conflict. When Kenny joking sounds like he is about ready to shoot Tub, Tub has the automatic reaction and shoots Kenny in the stomach. This leads to Tub and Frank coming clean with each other. This is their way of letting go and becoming free of their web of lies they have created. Towards the end of the story Tobias Wolff talks about the “Big Dipper... (12)” and “the North Star… (12). This is hinting towards the freedom that all three characters are trying to achieve and how they are trying to gain freedom like the slaves of the south used the stars to escape to the north, to freedom. Although in Kenny’s case it is false hope because for him he is not going to the hospital, so you can infer her will gain his freedom by going to heaven. So thus you can see many instances of lying like Tub saying "When I said that about my glands, that wasn't true. The truth is I just shovel it in. (11)” and there is also moments of escaping the lies like in the truck when Frank and Tub open up to each other.
“April Showers” by Edith Wharton Americans are described as trying to make yourself into something like the reason that many Englanders came to America in the first place, because you could make yourself and you didn’t have to have royal blood. You learn about a teenage girl who has just completed writing a 500 page novel and sent it to a publisher to see if they will publish it. The girl’s mother is sick and so she has been bestowed to do all the motherly work in...
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