Short Fiction · Character

Ivan Platonich

A named character with a small role.

minor

Ivan Platonich shows up with force in II. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Participates in the conversation about literature and his own past, laughing at his own witticisms.

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II
Participates in the conversation about literature and his own past, laughing at his own witticisms.
III
Referenced by Ventzel in a question about the narrator's transfer.
VI
Ivan Platonich discusses Ventzel's character and recounts the story of Balunoff and the pig, showing his conflicted view of Ventzel.
VII
Red-faced and puffing, he jokes with Stebelkoff about his moustaches and asks about fear.
VIII
Observes the dead soldiers with anger and grief, commenting that they have 'paid their accounts' and are at peace.
IX
Calls the narrator for tea and sends him to check on the distraught Ventzel.

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