A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder · Character
Otto Melick
The skeptical clubman who insists the papyrus manuscript must be a sensation novelist's hoax, arguing barnacles and ocean currents with more obstinacy than sense.
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Also known as Melick
First appearance: ii adrift in the antarctic ocean
As a supporting figure in A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, Otto Melick is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Organizes the paper boat regatta; retrieves the copper cylinder and opens it with an axe.
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In The Finding of the Copper Cylinder: Organizes the paper boat regatta; retrieves the copper cylinder and opens it with an axe. Later, in VII: Scientific Theories and Scepticism: Argues that the manuscript is a…
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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Otto Melick appears across 5 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- The Finding of the Copper Cylinder
- VII: Scientific Theories and Scepticism
- Belief and Unbelief
- XXVI: Grimm’s Law Again
- XXVII: Oxenden Preaches a Sermon
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