In the Midst of Life · Character
Jerome Searing
A Union scout who wakes pinned beneath wreckage, conscious, calculating, and utterly alone with the knowledge that he is trapped.
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Also known as Private Searing, Searing, Jerome Searing, the Missing Jerome Searing
First appearance: One of the Missing
As a major figure in In the Midst of Life, Jerome Searing is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A soldier whose experiences in battle highlight the psychological toll of war.
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Searing is a reconnaissance man whose mission collapses when a splintered post leaves him wedged in debris, only his right arm partly free. He hears a voice tell him he is caught like a rat in a trap, yet his first…
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- Other
Character groups
- Feuds, secrets, and tragic fates
- Protagonist
- Union officers' dilemmas
- Supernatural and haunted events
- Ghostly tales and bequests
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- 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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See Jerome Searing in One of the Missing