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Frank Leach

A character appearing in the narrative.

minor

Also known as Leach

First appearance: reminiscences

Frank Leach shows up with force in Leach the Engineer. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The heroic engineer who, despite being fatally scalded in a train wreck, rescues a drowning man and is celebrated as a true hero.
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In Leach the Engineer: The heroic engineer who, despite being fatally scalded in a train wreck, rescues a drowning man and is celebrated as a true hero. Later, in Lines on the Pioneer Exporter of Canadian Bullocks to…

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Character Web

6 connections

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JAJackalMIMiltonBJBill JonesWWWalt WhitmanSHShakespeareFLFrank Leach

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse referenced characters
  • Military and animal figures
  • Recurring narrative characters

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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

The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the boy’s childish joy and naive belief that he can see Ameri…

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