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Mike Monday

A traveling evangelist who holds a revival in Zenith.

minor

Also known as Mike, Mr. Monday

First appearance: chapter i

Mike Monday shows up with force in IV. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The evangelist concluding a revival meeting, using aggressive rhetoric to suppress opposition and labor unrest.
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Character Web

6 connections

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TRTheodore Roose…GFGeorge F. Babb…LWLord WycombeMBMyra BabbittVBVerona BabbittMMMike Monday

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Extended Social Orbit
  • Babbitt's Inner Circle
  • Protagonist
  • Church and Family Ties

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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 Mike Monday in chapter i