"His knuckles were hairy. He wore a heavy wedding band and on his right pinky another gold ring with a flat face and an 'F' in what looked like diamonds." (pg. 189)
This is an example of indirect characterization because the author is explaining what Frank looks like. Indirect characterization often times goes into more detail than direct characterization, but it forces the reader to come up with a conclusion on their own. This short story involved three men going on a hunt. After Kenny was shot by Tub, they were forced to leave and try to make it to a hospital. Several times on their journey, they had to stop because it was so cold. When they stopped, they left Kenny in the back of the truck and went inside. I thought this was really strange because I don't know why they would leave him out there all by himself, especially after he had been shot. At one stop, Tub took his time to eat four orders of pancakes with Kenny outside the entire time. The ending was a shocker to me because I thought they would make it to a hospital. Apparently, they didn't make it so I'm guessing Kenny died.
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