Parnassus on Wheels · Character
Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau, referenced as a literary figure.
minor
First appearance: ii
Thoreau shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Not mentioned in this chapter.
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- Protagonist
- Core Traveling Group
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Thoreau in ii