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Roughing It · Character

Old Curry

An old miner and acquaintance of the narrator.

minor

Also known as Old Abe Curry, Curry, Abe Curry

First appearance: roughing it

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In XXIV: Warns the narrator about the horse's notorious bucking reputation. Later, in The Birth of Nevada Territory: Offered his stone building rent-free for the legislature, built a horse-railroad, and furnished the…

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TNThe NarratorGRGovernor RoopTSThe Smiling St…OCOld Curry

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse Western and Historical Figures
  • Protagonist
  • Mining Camp Disputes and Figures
  • Stagecoach and Travel Anecdotes

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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…

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