Hunter's In the Snow

In the short story "Hunter's in the Snow", Tobias Wolff creates a character named Tub. This nickname characterizes him because he is corpulent. He attempts to show his friends that he only eats a hard-boiled egg and a stick of celery. However, the reader knows that he has other food stashed somewhere else to eat later. He has cookies and at least sandwiches that were dropped earlier when Tub is almost ran over by Kenny. His friends most likely gave him the nickname, and since the weight stayed on Tub's body, it has been kept. Also, it represents the relationship that his friends and Tub have. Instead of being sympathetic, Kenny and Frank watch Tub as he tries to climb fences, leave him behind, and call him a "fat moron" (195). They do not respect Tub. He allows himself to be ridiculed by his friends until he shoots his friend.