Short Fiction · Character
Nigger-Man
An old African man living in a haunted house.
minor
Also known as old Nigger-Man
First appearance: the picture in the house
Nigger-Man shows up with force in The Rats in the Walls. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The narrator's black cat that darts into the abyss and later attacks the narrator's throat.
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See Nigger-Man in the picture in the houseNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
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