Spoon River Anthology · Character
Captain Orlando Killion
A Civil War veteran who dies in a bar fight.
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The speaker of the epitaph, a former blasphemer and army captain, defending his faith and service as intertwined responses to the overwhelming forces of history and mortality.
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Adam Weirauch’s emotional and psychological peak occurs when he abandons his principles, declaring “to hell wi…
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