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Short Fiction · Character

Beatty

A narrator or focal character with pronoun references.

minor

First appearance: the beautiful people

Beatty's tie to Max Kaplan is one of the pressures that moves Short Fiction—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Max Kaplan (rivalry): Beatty and Max Kaplan are antagonists, often in conflict or competition with each other. With Max Kaplan (rivalry): Beatty and Max Kaplan are antagonists, often in conflict or competition with…

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Character Web

4 connections

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MKMax KaplanHRHenry RitchieMIMisterCWCaptain WebberBEBeatty

Relationship types

  • Rivalry
  • Other

Character groups

  • Household and family figures
  • Familial and medical roles
  • Military and minor gentlemen

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Narrative arc

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

SetupBreaking pointClimax
  • Setup
  • Breaking point

This scene is the dramatic climax because it marks the peak of Henry Ritchie’s repressed frustration, erupting…

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Relationships

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