Tub In Hunters In The Snow By Tobias Wolff

Character Analysis Tub is a like-able person who is treated poorly by his friends in the story "Hunters in the Snow" by Tobias Wolff. Tub is like-able because he is gullible and everyone seems to joke around with him. Tub is also a good friend even though his friends are not the nicest to him. "Frank, 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" said Tub. Tub seems to have poor luck because everything he does goes wrong. Don't take your friends for granted like Frank and Kenny didn't appreciate Tub as the great friend he once was to them. Tub is a very large man who seems to be out of shape and says he is on a diet. "He looks just like a beach ball with a hat on, doesn't he? Doesn't he, Frank?" Tub seems to also be clumsy. This is demonstrated in the first few paragraphs of the story. "You almost ran me down," Tub said. "You could've killed me." Tub also demonstrates how out of shape he was when he had a hard time keeping up with Kenny and Frank while they walked through the snow out hunting. Tub is the nicest guy in the group even though he shot Kenny. …show more content…
As a reader, when Kenny went on his little rant about hating things, you wanted him to just stop shooting things and act normal. Kenny seemed surprisingly reckless in the story from the beginning when he almost hit Tub to when he got shot. Kenny's recklessness was surprising because it seemed like he didn't have a care for any other individuals around him. Tobias Wolff wanted to get the reader to realize that you should not threaten others like Kenny threatened Tub by saying "I hate you" (170) and to respect your friends and embrace there