Short Fiction · Character
Mr. Ostersen
A minor character with few mentions.
minor
First appearance: Final Examination
Mr. Ostersen shows up with force in Final Examination. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The narrator and protagonist, a middle-class retailer who experiences the lead-up to judgment and the subsequent collapse of society.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Diverse minor and central figures
- Academic and military support
- Minor female characters
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- 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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