Short Fiction · Character
Kaplan
A security agent.
minor
First appearance: the variable man
Kaplan shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Lab organizer who reports the S.R.B.
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In I: Lab organizer who reports the S.R.B. machine failure after feeding data about the man from the past. Later, in III: Kaplan assists…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Small town and sentient spaceship
- Protagonist
- Small town and alien conflict
- Cloned or artificial humans
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Story tension across the book.
- 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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