Pelle the Conqueror · Character
Emil
A young boy who plays with Pelle in the village.
minor
First appearance: xiii
Emil shows up with force in The Lamp and the Journeyman. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Completes his apprenticeship, becomes a journeyman, but fails to find steady work and ends up as a stevedore, disillusioned.
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In The Lamp and the Journeyman: Completes his apprenticeship, becomes a journeyman, but fails to find steady work and ends up as a stevedore, disillusioned. Later, in Chapter XXIV: Fetches water to cool the 'Great…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Childhood friends and local figures
- Pelle's family and early influences
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this excerpt, the emotional and psychological peak occurs when Pelle, who has felt emotionally frozen by El…
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