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Sasha

A diminutive character, possibly a child or young adult.

minor

First appearance: short fiction

Sasha shows up with force in The Giant. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The dying boy to whom the mother speaks.
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Character Web

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TGThe GermansSASashenkaPPPavel Petrovic…MAMammaTWThe WomanSASasha

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Misfortune and Diminutive Figures
  • Authority and Enigmatic Women
  • Family and Patriarchal Dynamics
  • Military and Religious Authority

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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