(#3)
Throughout the story, plot and characterization work together. Each of the three characters is described with distinctive characteristics that separate them from the others. Even their names hint at their character types. Tub is a cartoon-like obese man who is often the subject of other people's jokes. Frank is a common man who acts in the typical way that is to be expected. Tub's distinctive character traits relate directly to the turn in the plot. It is because Kenny is always joking with Tub that Kenny gets shot. "I was just kidding around. It was a joke. Oh!" (page 193). Tub misinterprets Kenny's joke and shoots him as an attempt at self-defense. Then, Tub and Frank's uncaring and self-centered characteristics lead them to go to the tavern for food and coffee. Their friend is out in the cold car dying, and they just leave him there to die while they go eat and warm up.
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