Short Fiction · Character
Mister Adams
Nick Adams's father, the doctor.
minor
First appearance: indian camp
Mister Adams shows up with force in Ten Indians. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Nick's father; tells Nick he saw Prudence Mitchell with Frank Washburn in the woods, causing Nick's heartbreak.
Mister Adams first appears in 0004 indian camp.
In Ten Indians: Nick's father; tells Nick he saw Prudence Mitchell with Frank Washburn in the woods, causing Nick's heartbreak.
Later, in Now I Lay Me: Nick's father, who carefully retrieves stone tools from a fire.
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- Boxing and Bullfighting
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Mister Adams in indian camp