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Jake Predovich

A Slovak miner who is a friend of Hal.

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Also known as Predovich, Jake

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Jake Predovich shows up with force in Chapter XX. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Galician Jew who works in the company store and serves on the coroner's jury.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

This is the dramatic climax because Mary reaches an emotional and psychological peak by confronting her own je…

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Chapter XX
Galician Jew who works in the company store and serves on the coroner's jury.
VII
Galician Jew, member of the local school-board, joins the conversation about political corruption.
Chapter XI
Store-clerk and company spy who follows Hal to report on whom he speaks to.
XV
Store-clerk who searches Hal for the planted money.
XIX
Mentioned as the foreman of the rigged jury in Cotton's description of the corrupt legal system.

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