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Labouise

A soldier who tells a grim story about a comrade's fate during the war.

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First appearance: short fiction

Labouise shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The narrator of Morin's story, who later became a Deputy.
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In I: The narrator of Morin's story, who later became a Deputy. Later, in The Donkey: A junk-gatherer and poacher who tortures and kills a…

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MPMonsieur ParentMOMoucheMAMaillochonOBOld BonifaceMCMaître ChicotLALabouise

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • War and Grim Humor
  • Social Hypocrisy and Class
  • Defiance and Superstition

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SetupAftermathClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional and psychological peak occurs when Leuillet receives news of Souris’s sudden death and experienc…

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