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Hooge

A location and château used as a command post.

minor

First appearance: i

Hooge shows up with force in IX. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Hooge is depicted as the devil's playground, a hellish location with mine-craters, rotting flesh, and constant shelling, where men live and die in squalor.
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In IX: Hooge is depicted as the devil's playground, a hellish location with mine-craters, rotting flesh, and constant shelling, where men live and die in squalor. Later, in II: Hooge is referenced as a location where…

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Character Web

11 connections

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GHGeneral HaldaneLJLittle JeanneTOThe OfficerTBThe BoyGJGentle JesusHOHooge

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  • Miscellaneous characters, units, and references
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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