← All characters

Roughing It · Character

Arkansas

A quarrelsome and drunken passenger on the steamer.

minor

Also known as Mr. Arkansas

First appearance: roughing it

Free preview opens at this moment — character cards, Character Web, and themes sit beside the text as you read.

With The Narrator (social): Arkansas is a colorful, boastful character from the mining camps whose stories entertain the Narrator. With The Narrator (social): Arkansas is a colorful, boastful character from the mining…

Continue beside the text

The fuller portrait of Arkansas sits in Reading Lens — open the free preview to keep reading with notes on the page.

See Arkansas in roughing it

Character Web

7 connections

A slice of how Arkansas sits in the book — open the reader for the full interactive map.

TNThe NarratorCJCapt. John NyeKAKaahumanuGGGeorge GumbertSBScotty BriggsARArkansas

Relationship types

  • Social
  • Other

Character groups

  • Quarrelsome and Rough Companions
  • Protagonist
  • Frontier Authority Figures
  • Nevada Territory Acquaintances

+2 more in the full Character Web

Open in reader

Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This is the story's dramatic climax because it presents the ultimate psychological peak of fear and vulnerabil…

Full beat labels and climax notes unlock in the reader.

Follow the arc while reading

Relationships

Relationship notes

How these ties play out is in the reading companion — open the free preview.

See Arkansas in roughing it

In the story

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

Chapter companion notes

Spoil-light check-ins for Arkansas unlock in the free preview.

See Arkansas in roughing it