Hunters in the Snow

     In Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff Tub is characterized as someone who fears others and longs for acceptance and love.  Tub is obviously hurt by the words of his friends.  They cause him to have to make up a lie for the reason he is overweight.  Tub tells him that he does not know what to do and he says that " 'it's my glands' " (188).  He has to form this lie so he is not judged more by his two friends.  He constantly wants acceptance from others but puts himself in more trouble by lying.  He is emotionally hurt by the words of Frank and Kenny and this causes the fear that he has built inside himself.  All of it is understandable, but Tub will always be brought down because he continues to lie and lives in fear.  His emotional abuse becomes too much for him and that is why he acts out in violence. All of his anger and sadness got the best of him and caused him to shoot Kenny.