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Mr. Jackson

Mike and Bob's father, a former Cambridge cricketer.

minor

Also known as some small Jackson, Mr. Jackson, So Mr. Jackson, Jackson

First appearance: mike

Mr. Jackson shows up with force in I: Mike. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The father who announces Mike's enrollment at Wrykyn.
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In I: Mike: The father who announces Mike's enrollment at Wrykyn. Later, in Mr. Jackson Makes Up His Mind: Mike's father, who enforces his earlier threat to remove Mike from Wrykyn after receiving another…

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Character Web

22 connections

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MWMr. WyattNENeville-SmithMAMacphersonSHSharpePSPsmithMJMr. Jackson

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Extended cast and background characters
  • Sedleigh and Wrykyn students

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This is the story's dramatic climax because it represents the emotional and psychological peak where months of…

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