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Erick

A character involved in a tense situation.

minor

First appearance: the variable man

Erick's tie to Mara Gordon is one of the pressures that moves Short Fiction—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Mara Gordon (romantic): Erick and Mara Gordon are involved in a romantic relationship, marked by warmth and personal intimacy. With Jan (friendship): Erick and Jan are close friends, often supporting each other…

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Character Web

16 connections

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MGMara GordonJAJanBTBob ThacherTLThe LeiterCLCorporal LeoneERErick

Relationship types

  • Romantic
  • Friendship
  • Other

Character groups

  • Aliens and psychological experiments
  • Small town and fleet command
  • Military soldiers

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Closing

This scene is the dramatic climax because it crystallizes the emotional chasm between Doris and Larry: Doris’s…

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See Erick in the variable man
See Erick in the variable man