In thirty degrees temperatures, the average human will become uncomfortable, however, being exposed to ten-degree weather can be detrimental to the body. At first the body will begin to shiver in attempt to warm itself, but over time the body shuts down, and becomes numb. The freezing weather in Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff symbolizes the cold words of friends and the numbness the main characters develop. The first sentence of the story introduces the weather and Tub “paced the sidewalk to keep warm,” (160). When Tub’s friends arrive, he is cold, but is still sensitive to their negative comments. “ ‘I’m cold,’ Tub said. Frank breathed out, ‘Stop bitching, Tub. Get centered.’ ‘I wasn’t bitching,” (161). By the time the group arrives