Against the Grain · Character

Persius

Roman satirist whose difficult style is compared to modern poetry.

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First appearance: ii

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

The emotional and psychological peak occurs in the narrator's horrifying self-confrontation in the mirror, whe…

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