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Stover at Yale · Character

Bangs

A student, occasionally mentioned.

minor

First appearance: xxii

Bangs shows up with force in VI. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Interacts with Stover after practice, expressing disappointment but acknowledging Stover's toughness.
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See Bangs in xxii

Character Web

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TOTompkinsDSDink StoverHAHardenTRTroutmanCDCaptain DanaBABangs

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor Background Students
  • Social and Romantic Connections
  • Protagonist
  • Stover's Inner Circle
  • Authority and Mentors

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

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

This is the dramatic climax because Stover reaches his emotional and psychological peak in a violent nervous c…

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See Bangs in xxii
See Bangs in VI