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C. Harold Lowden

A young man in Babbitt's social circle.

minor

First appearance: chapter i

C. Harold Lowden shows up with force in III. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Lowden is mentioned as a composer of a new sacred song advertised in the Sunday school journals.
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  • Extended Social Orbit
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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This is the story's dramatic climax because Babbitt's vague, suppressed dread about Paul crystallizes into a s…

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See C. Harold Lowden in chapter i