"'You shot him,' he [Frank] said to Tub." (pg. 193)
Which of the three principal characters do you find the most sympathetic?
I definitely find Kenny to be the most sympathetic. Yes, he is immature and rude, but he gets shot...by his best friend. After he gets shot, he's the one who knows what to do and who organizes the situation. While he lays bleeding in the backseat, his friends go inside and have some pancakes. Because his friends took a different turn, he's most likely going to die.
The least sympathetic?
To me, Frank is the least sympathetic. Tub pours his soul out and tells Frank that he can't stop eating. So what does Frank do? Shove some pancakes down his throat (while Kenny is literally dying in the truck). Oh, plus he's having an and affair with a fifteen year old (which would be illegal), and he's going to leave his wife for her. What a great guy.
Do the characters' names help us to form our impressions of them?
Frank is honest (frank), Tub is fat (like a tub), and Kenny is...well, I have no clue how Kenny's name has anything to do him.
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