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Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp · Character

Ting

A Chinese cook character in a cowboy poem.

minor

First appearance: the bunk house orchestra

Ting first appears in 0048 the bunk house orchestra.

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4 connections

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UNUnknown NarratorMAMarsterJBJames Barton A…TETenderfootTITing

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse Cowboy Cast
  • Protagonist
  • Poetic Personas and Figures

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.

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

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