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As I Lay Dying · Character

Grummet

A man who helps retrieve Cash's tools from the river.

minor

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Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Extended community and antagonists
  • Dewey Dell's secret contacts
  • Bundren family and neighbors

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Narrative arc

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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