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Max Kruger

A businessman and member of the Boosters' Club.

minor

Also known as Max, Maxwell

First appearance: chapter i

Max Kruger shows up with force in Chapter XV. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A banker and part of McKelvey's social circle at the class dinner.
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In Chapter XV: A banker and part of McKelvey's social circle at the class dinner. Later, in I: A banker and former college friend, part of…

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Character Web

15 connections

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GFGeorge F. Babb…PRPaul RieslingCMCharley McKelveyIPIda PutiakDJDr. J. T. AngusMKMax Kruger

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Elite and Professional Acquaintances
  • Protagonist
  • Babbitt's Inner Circle
  • Extended Social Orbit

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Narrative arc

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

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • 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 Max Kruger in chapter i