A Yankee in the Trenches · Character
Corporal Holmes
A corporal in the narrator's battalion.
minor
First appearance: v feeding the tommies
Corporal Holmes shows up with force in Frontispiece. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Depicted in uniform of the 22nd London Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment.
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In Frontispiece: Depicted in uniform of the 22nd London Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. Later, in Bits of Blighty: Mentioned as being at Fulham Military Hospital and later at company office force in…
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See Corporal Holmes in v feeding the tommiesNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because it marks the emotional and psychological peak where the soldiers c…
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See Corporal Holmes in v feeding the tommies