No More Parades · Character
Captain McKechnie
A brooding, odious officer whose resentment of Tietjens curdles into the kind of grievance that outlives the war.
supporting
Also known as McKechnie, the brooding and odious McKechnie
First appearance: no more parades
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Shares the hut with Tietjens, comments on the draft's return and political rumors about General Puffles.
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McKechnie nurses old injuries and new slights, his bitterness sharpened by the company of dubious men like the returned Jonce or Evanns. He watches Tietjens with an envy that has nothing to do with rank and everything…
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- Professional
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Character groups
- Peripheral figures and background characters
- Tietjens' inner circle and antagonists
- Protagonist
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professional · ambivalent
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