Oil! · Character

Harvey Manning

A friend or colleague of Vernon Roscoe.

minor

Also known as Harvey, Verne, Harve, Harve, poor Harvey

First appearance: oil

Harvey Manning's tie to Bunny Ross is one of the pressures that moves Oil!—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

A friend from an old California family, he jokes with Bunny about an uncle trying to put him in jail for red-hunting.

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With Bunny Ross (professional): Bunny and Harvey have a professional relationship, with Harvey as a colleague or business associate in the oil fields. With Dad Ross (professional): Dad Ross and Harvey Manning are business partners or employer-employee in the oil industry, with mutual respect. With Bunny Ross (professional): Bunny and Harvey have a professional relationship, with Harvey as a colleague or business associate in the oil fields.

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Character Web

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Relationship types

Other

Character groups

Bunny's inner circle
Minor caricatures and workers
Extended family and community

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Bunny Ross
professional · positive
Bunny and Harvey have a professional relationship, with Harvey as a colleague or business… How this plays out →
Dad Ross
professional · positive
Bunny Ross
professional · positive
Bunny and Harvey have a professional relationship, with Harvey as a colleague or business… How this plays out →
Dad Ross
professional · positive
Bunny Ross
professional · positive
Bunny and Harvey have a professional relationship, with Harvey as a colleague or business… How this plays out →
Dad Ross
professional · positive

Bunny Ross
Bunny and Harvey have a professional relationship, with Harvey as a colleague or business associate in the oil fields.
Dad Ross
Dad Ross and Harvey Manning are business partners or employer-employee in the oil industry, with mutual respect.
Bunny Ross
Bunny and Harvey have a professional relationship, with Harvey as a colleague or business associate in the oil fields.
Dad Ross
Dad Ross and Harvey Manning are business partners or employer-employee in the oil industry, with mutual respect.
Bunny Ross
Bunny and Harvey have a professional relationship, with Harvey as a colleague or business associate in the oil fields.
Dad Ross
Dad Ross and Harvey Manning are business partners or employer-employee in the oil industry, with mutual respect.

Relationship notes

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In the story

Harvey Manning appears across 8 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

III
A friend from an old California family, he jokes with Bunny about an uncle trying to put him in jail for red-hunting.
V
Gives Bunny a tour of the estate, though he is blasé and drinks heavily.
VIII
Wails about wanting to get drunk at the Hellfire Dome.
IX
Drunk and paranoid, demands to know what others are saying about him, then is forcibly removed to bed by the superintendent.
XII
Referred to as 'Harve' who knows Tessie Thatcher and could provide more information about her.
III
Mentioned as 'Verne', Dad's partner in the oil game.
VII
Gets drunk, sits on Bunny's knee, and worries that Bunny's muckraking friends will expose his drinking to his uncle.
XII
Recalled as asleep in his chair at the Admiralty Hotel.

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