Bring Back The Bromance Vs Superbad

A bromance is a “close, nonsexual relationship between men” (Merriamwebster.com). The male friendship is shown very diversely in both the short story “Hunters in the snow” and the film Superbad. In the article, “Bring back the Bromance” the author brings attention to what everyone is thinking. “To be close friends, men need to be willing to confess their insecurities, be kind to others, have empathy and sometimes sacrifice their own self-interest. "Real men", though, are not supposed to do these things. They are supposed to be self-interested, competitive, non-emotional, strong and able to deal with their emotional problems without help.” These are the two extreme contrasts. In Superbad, Seth and Evan are close friends, that truly care about
“Just past the house, Tub slipped and threw out his hands to catch himself. The boards fell and Kenny tumbled out and rolled to the bottom of the drive, yelling all the way” (Wolff 6). Tub saved himself rather than his friend Kenny, who had just been shot. He is so inconsiderate and self-absorbed, that when he slipped, he was only worried about himself. Kenny is helpless and now in danger of infections along with hypothermia because he was just rolled down a snowy hill. If Tub fell he would have just gotten a little wet and a few bruises. So this was inconsiderate and disrespectful. Real friends would have made sure their injured friend made it to the truck safety. Tub and Frank don’t have any sympathy for
In the short story “Hunters in the Snow,” Tub and Frank actually open up to each other for once. Frank is telling Tub about his affair with Roxanne Brewer, the babysitter. Frank says “I guess you think I’m a complete bastard.” Tub replies “No, Frank. I don’t think that. When you’ve got a friend it means you’ve always got someone on your side, no matter what. That’s the way I feel about it anyway.” Frank can’t believe what Tub said, “You mean that, Tub?” “Sure I do,” Tub reassured him. Frank smiled and said “You don’t know how good it feels to hear you say that.” (Wolff 8) In this part of the short story, the men both finally let their guard down and open up to each other. Frank told Tub some really personal things and his first instinct was to assume that Tub would think less of him. In reality, Tub didn’t care, he just wanted Frank to know he would support him because they are friends. This was really the only part in the whole short story when the men opened up to each other and really demonstrated a real bromance. And to their surprise, it was helpful and good to know they had