Can Such Things Be? · Character
Ben Greene
A soldier who experiences a strange and fatal encounter.
minor
Also known as Ben, Private Bennett Story Greene, Ben Greene, Private Greene, Greene, Bennett Greene, Bennett Story Greene
First appearance: a baffled ambuscade
Ben Greene's tie to Lawrence Barting is one of the pressures that moves Can Such Things Be?—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
A soldier whose story contributes to the chapter's themes of camaraderie and loss.
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With Lawrence Barting (psychological): Ben Greene is haunted by the ghost of Lawrence Barting, who returns to exact a terrible revenge. With Brainerd Byring (friendship): Ben Greene and Brainerd Byring are old friends…
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Relationship types
- Psychological
- Friendship
- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Returned from Dead
- Mysterious Tragedies
- Fatal Encounters
- Supernatural Investigators
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Lawrence Barting
psychological · negative
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- Brainerd Byring
friendship · ambivalent
- Hiram Beeson
rivalry · negative
- Hiram Beeson
rivalry · negative
- Brainerd Byring
friendship · ambivalent
- Lawrence Barting
psychological · negative
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