How the Other Half Lives · Character
The Bohemian
A representative Bohemian immigrant, often a cigar maker.
minor
Also known as the Bohemian
First appearance: XII: The Bohemians—Tenement-House Cigarmaking
The Bohemian shows up with force in The Mixed Crowd. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Bohemians are depicted as poor but thrifty, struggling in East Side tenements, with no wealthy members of their race.
The Bohemian first appears in 0016 xii the bohemians tenement house cigarmaking.
In The Mixed Crowd: Bohemians are depicted as poor but thrifty, struggling in East Side tenements, with no wealthy members of their race.
Later, in XII: The Bohemians—Tenement-House Cigarmaking: The central figure of the chapter, representing the exploited Bohemian cigarmakers who work long hours in tenement factories under oppressive conditions.
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- Other
Character groups
- Authority Figures and Ethnic Types
- Tenement Inhabitants and Reformers
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Closing
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See The Bohemian in XII: The Bohemians—Tenement-House Cigarmaking