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Mr. Miller

A minor character with limited appearances.

minor

Also known as Miller

First appearance: final examination

Mr. Miller shows up with force in Cost of Living. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A friend whose recent suicide triggers Carrin's existential unease.
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In Cost of Living: A friend whose recent suicide triggers Carrin's existential unease. Later, in I: The skipper of the schooner; stocky,…

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Character Web

6 connections

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COCost of Living…FAFanniaMPMr. PathisTMTom MorrisonMBMr. BoyardMMMr. Miller

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • High mention count minor characters
  • Story-specific and recurring
  • Diverse minor and central figures

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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

This is the dramatic climax because Morrison reaches the psychological breaking point of his twenty-first day…

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In the story

Mr. Miller appears across 2 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

Chapter companion notes

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See Mr. Miller in final examination