Response to Jack Tresler

I do not agree with your statement "personally it seems like an ignorant feminist on repeat" because no where in the story is there a moment where the female should think that men are pigs. Even though the men do control the relationship in the story and in society, there is nothing stopping the women from leaving the relationship, it is her decision in staying and doing a mistake in staying in it. Your statement in someways is right, but no where in the story is the female in danger and should think that all men are predators, so I think you should reread the story to catch the different side of what I see because I know where your coming from, but in "How to Talk to a Hunter" the man is in control but in no way does he put the narrator in any danger.

A Woman Chained To A Relationship

Pam Houston writes the story "How to Talk to a Hunter" wonderfully because she writes a lengthy story about an ordinary situation nowadays. Houston is able to write a well-written story about women being chained to relationships and the man being in control of the relationship. Even though the woman in the story realizes that she is being manipulated she still stays with him because of the "love" she has for the hunter. What I think Pam Houston tries to show us with writing this story is how women are dumb enough to stay in relationships where they give the love, but receive none but are still somehow satisfied in being in this type of relationship. Even though some readers might see this as a story to show how men are pigs and think they can control the women, I believe it is quite the opposite I see it as trying to show the blindness women acquire when they are in love and cannot see the truth or do not want to because they think their relationship is full of "love".