Roughing It · Character
Dan
A miner and companion of the narrator.
minor
Also known as Daniel
First appearance: roughing it
Dan's tie to The Narrator is one of the pressures that moves Roughing It—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Former reporter whose methods (e.g., hay wagon stories) are cited by Mr.
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With The Narrator (friendship): Dan is a fellow traveler and companion who shares adventures and hardships with the Narrator on the frontier. In XLII: Former reporter whose methods (e.g., hay wagon stories) are cited…
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Relationship types
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Diverse Western and Historical Figures
- Frontier Authority Figures
- Protagonist
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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