Tub is presented as an overweight man with a gland problem. Later we learn he is overweight because he enjoys eating. Direct and indirect presentation plays a huge role in the reader getting to know Tub. A good example of indirect character presentation takes place when Tub is trailing Frank and Kenny on the way back to the truck. "He sat down on a stump and wiped his face. He ate both the sandwiches and half the cookies, taking his own sweet time."(89). This takes place after the men take time to eat lunch and Tub eats a hard boiled egg and a stick of celery and claims to be on a diet. This is important to the story because the men all constantly tease Tub of his weight. The reader somewhat finds out early that Tub being overweight is in fact more than a gland problem. Another case of indirect character presentation is when they are in the woods searching for tracks back to their truck. "The snow was shaded and had a glaze on it. It held up Kenny and Frank but Tub kept falling through. As he
Tub is presented as an overweight man with a gland problem. Later we learn he is overweight because he enjoys eating. Direct and indirect presentation plays a huge role in the reader getting to know Tub. A good example of indirect character presentation takes place when Tub is trailing Frank and Kenny on the way back to the truck. "He sat down on a stump and wiped his face. He ate both the sandwiches and half the cookies, taking his own sweet time."(89). This takes place after the men take time to eat lunch and Tub eats a hard boiled egg and a stick of celery and claims to be on a diet. This is important to the story because the men all constantly tease Tub of his weight. The reader somewhat finds out early that Tub being overweight is in fact more than a gland problem. Another case of indirect character presentation is when they are in the woods searching for tracks back to their truck. "The snow was shaded and had a glaze on it. It held up Kenny and Frank but Tub kept falling through. As he