Short Fiction · Character

Pascale

A character with a foreign name, possibly French.

minor

Also known as XX Pascale

First appearance: short fiction

Pascale shows up with force in Chant the First. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A professor and comrade in prison; he points out the broken wall and later walks with Geronimo after the earthquake.

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In Chant the First: A professor and comrade in prison; he points out the broken wall and later walks with Geronimo after the earthquake.

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Chant the First
A professor and comrade in prison; he points out the broken wall and later walks with Geronimo after the earthquake.
III
A professor and comrade, shot by a firing squad.
VI
Referenced as the professor who warned that calling freedom is perilous.
VII
The professor who points out the broken wall and iron bars, signaling their freedom.
XIII
Observed moving along the road, sternly reproves the narrator.
Chant the Second
The professor, called 'il professore,' who walks with Geronimo, confronts the madman and the monk, and is later executed by firing squad.
III
The professor who respectfully questions the proud madman about his joy.
VI
Professor who loses his temper and threatens the monk with a knife.
VII
Executed by a firing squad under torchlight as night falls early.
VIII
Facing execution, he is questioned by the officer about his fearlessness and his act of taking a dead man's raiment.
XIII
Pascale, the professor, has just fallen, presumably killed.
XX
XX Pascale, the professor, is remembered for his wisdom, verse-writing, and noble discourse; he is now dead.
XXVI
Referenced as the professor whose words are echoed in the chapter's declaration of disbelief in human power.

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