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Jonesey

A minor character, possibly a friend.

minor

First appearance: bib ballads

Jonesey's tie to Unknown Narrator is one of the pressures that moves Poetry—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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In the storyWalter Clyde JonesOpen this moment free

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With Unknown Narrator (friendship): Jonesey is a friend and fellow wanderer, often involved in the narrator's escapades. In Walter Clyde…

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Character Web

3 connections

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UNUnknown NarratorFCFred C. SchwabJJJohn J. MitchellJOJonesey

Relationship types

  • Friendship
  • Other

Character groups

  • Narrator's acquaintances
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

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

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

This is the story's dramatic climax because the speaker confronts the painful realization that his child’s lov…

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Relationships

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See Jonesey in bib ballads

In the story

Jonesey appears across 1 companion beat. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

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See Jonesey in bib ballads
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