p. 201 "Frank," Tub said after a time, "you know that farmer? He told Kenny to kill the dog."
"You're kidding!" Frank leaned forward considering. "That Kenny. What a card." He laughed and so did Tub.
Within this short story, I believe the author sets up the story to lean towards sympathy for Tub. For this reason, I slightly lean towards sympathizing with Tub more. Tub is easy to sympathize with because of his weight, the criticism he faces, his eating problem, and his general clumsiness. Also, not to mention the fact he was threatened and shot a man. Obviously he faced guilt after figuring out about owner wanting the dog shot, one would think at least, but the quote says differently. But, my biggest problem with Tub is his and Frank's lack of urgency to help a man who got shot. They are able to stop and get pancakes, but can't take the man with a hole in his gut to the E.R.
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