A Day at a Time · Character
Ruskin
Art critic and social thinker whose ideas on work and beauty are cited.
minor
First appearance: i a day at a time
Ruskin shows up with force in Wonder. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Quoted expressing his preference to 'live in a cottage and wonder at everything' rather than in a castle and wonder at nothing.
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In Wonder: Quoted expressing his preference to 'live in a cottage and wonder at everything' rather than in a castle and wonder at nothing. Later, in XXX: The Sacrament of Sunset: Quoted for his view that the sky is…
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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