Lorna Doone · Character
Kickums
John's stubborn and strong horse.
minor
Also known as Kickums, good Kickums, vile Kickums, LXVI Suitable Devotion Now Kickums
First appearance: i elements of education
Kickums shows up with force in Slaughter in the Marshes. The page is where that presence becomes real.
John's horse; snoring when John wakes him to ride out.
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In Slaughter in the Marshes: John's horse; snoring when John wakes him to ride out. Later, in Suitable Devotion: Kickums, John's horse, abandons him after the battle and heads home to Plover's Barrows, causing John…
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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This excerpt marks the dramatic climax because it presents John Ridd’s psychological peak of tension and respo…
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See Kickums in i elements of education