There are many examples within the literature that illustrate the character of Mooch. Mooch is an intriguing character in the literature. To begin with, Mooch is a smuggler and unreliable, he shows this behavior when he uses money that he steals from his girlfriend June for alcohol at the bar. Mooch continuously shows this behavior on multiple occasions using the money at the bar for alcohol or gambling with pull tabs, one time June found out and stormed into the bar to confront Mooch after he had “stolen [her] grocery money”. Mooch does this behavior to cope with trauma from residential schools where he was physically abused. This behavior demonstrates his smuggling antics. Mooch is blindsided and violent. This is evident in the literature when he was walking out from the bathroom, and he sees his friend Floyd and June hug because Floyd was going to see his daughter Christine for the first time since she was a baby. Mooch instead comprehends them hugging as if they were kissing and that June was cheating on him with his friend by yelling “You cheating on my girlfriend?”. Mooch will then proceed to yell and fight with Floyd without taking a moment to understand the situation ruining Floyd’s shirt and making a poor appearance for him when Christine walks in. This is a prime example of Mooch not reading the room or understanding the situation and then becoming hostile because a simple misunderstanding led to a whole fight embarrassing Floyd in front of his daughter. And finally, Mooch is a worn down man. This is demonstrated and revealed when he explains his past physical abuse at the residential school he attended where he would “be beaten a lot” by the priests. Because of this past trauma and the toll it takes on his mental health and the fact Mooch was a logger this explains why he uses alcohol to cope and how he will steal money for alcohol. This is a major struggle Mooch has that he has an extremely hard time controlling. These points indicate Mooch is very worn down at this time of his life. To conclude, it is evident Mooch has negative attributes in the story from his alcohol addiction to his past trauma.