Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff

Tub is a character that the readers are meant to feel sorry for. He is teased by his friends his whole life. When they go on the hunting trip, Tub is left way behind the others. He simply cannot keep up. I felt really bad for Tub when I read the part about how he kept catching up and then falling back from his friends. It's sad to see his character struggling so much. His friends treat him horribly, too. This story later unfolds to the characters spilling their darkest secrets. Tub tells about his problem with eating and says that it has nothing to do with his glands. Frank then confides about the affair he is having with the babysitter. This secret was really weird. He is married and has children and he is considering leaving all of that for a babysitter. Really creepy. Speaking of creepy, the ending. Kenny keeps chanting that they are going to the hospital and the story responds that they are actually not. They had taken a wrong turn somewhere. It makes the reader ponder all the possibilities that could happen to the characters as a result of that wrong turn.