" 'You fat moron,' Frank said. 'You aren't good for diddly.' " -pg 195
Frank, Tub, and Kenny are possible three of the most unlikable characters I have ever read about. They are annoying, stupid, and frankly (haha) quite mean to each other. It's hard to believe most of the time that they are actually friends. Towards the end of the short story (the part where Kenny basically dies), I realized they weren't friends.
Frank was obviously the leader. When he bossed them around, they listened. When Frank got mad, things were serious. However, he did not respect them or lead them in the right direction in return. Rather, he abused his power by either insulting them, leaving one of them to die in the back of a truck, or making one of them think he liked him by feeding him pancakes. There was no genuine friendship. There was only manipulation and bossiness. Kenny and Tub were dumb enough to do follow him. It is hard to tell what is the greater crime: shooting a man, or leading two impressionable people into a situation where something like that would happen.
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