Heretics · Character
Mr. Smith
A generic name used to illustrate arguments about common sense.
minor
Also known as Smith
First appearance: heretics
Mr. Smith's tie to Unknown Narrator is one of the pressures that moves Heretics—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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- Social
- Other
Character groups
- A Pantheon of Influences
- Protagonist
- Heroes and Thinkers
- Critics of Culture
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- Unknown Narrator
social · ambivalent
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