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Tom Recetich

A minor character with few mentions.

minor

Also known as Recetich

First appearance: final examination

Tom Recetich shows up with force in II. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Present at the camp meeting; offers to fetch Drake.
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In II: Present at the camp meeting; offers to fetch Drake. Later, in III: Expresses disbelief about the bug and worries about the treasure…

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Character Web

9 connections

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DDDan DrakeHEHellmanWSWilliam SorensenACAl CableMBMonty ByrnesTRTom Recetich

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse minor and central figures
  • Key narrative figures
  • Protagonist

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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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