Carter Weatherbee and Percy Cuthfert are two men who set to travel North in search of better financial prospects. Weatherbee is a clerk who knows nothing else apart from his profession. He is a lazy, uncultured man who would not move a muscle to help the travelling party in their various responsibilities. He is described as a man of a lower class who considered himself a gentleman though his character contradicts that of a gentleman (London, 2000). He is also a very skeptical man and is always conscious of Cuthfert even though they reside in the same cabin.
Percy Cuthfert like Weatherbee is also a lazy and a rather careless man. He mistakenly scoops Weatherbee’s portion of sugar which drives Weatherbee crazy. He like Weatherbee is an uncultured man who cares less but his only well being. He is however unlike Weatherbee a master of arts but has never really written anything. He like Weatherbee is extremely skeptical. He always hand his revolver at hand whenever Weatherbee was around as he considered him a mad man (London, 2000).
