Short Fiction · Character
Nancy Lamar
A beautiful and wild young woman from a prominent family.
minor
Also known as Nancy, Lamar, Nana
First appearance: the ice palace
Nancy Lamar shows up with force in The Jelly-Bean. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A beautiful, reckless young woman from a wealthy family who leads Jim into a late-night adventure.
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In The Jelly-Bean: A beautiful, reckless young woman from a wealthy family who leads Jim into a late-night adventure. Later, in I: A girl Jim encounters on the street; she has a memorable mouth and blue-black hair. Jim…
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- Other
Character groups
- Southern wild youth
- Love and ambition
- Reverse aging and identity
- Social climbers and romantics
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Val reaches his emotional and psychological peak in this passage as he confronts the painful gap between his r…
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