In the Midst of Life · Character
Baby
An infant whose fate is tied to a tragic story.
minor
First appearance: the boarded window
Baby shows up with force in Chickamauga. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The unnamed six-year-old deaf-mute boy who wanders into the forest and encounters the horrors of war.
Baby first appears in 0064 the boarded window.
In Chickamauga: The unnamed six-year-old deaf-mute boy who wanders into the forest and encounters the horrors of war.
Later, in A Room May Be Too Narrow for Three, Though One Is Outside: The infant child of Charles and Irene Marlowe, pressed to death in her mother's protective embrace.
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Character Web
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Feuds, secrets, and tragic fates
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Open in readerNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this excerpt, the narrator’s emotional and psychological peak occurs as she confesses her intense, almost i…
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