Stover at Yale · Character
Tommy Bain
A student, often mentioned in passing.
minor
Also known as Bain
First appearance: xviii
Tommy Bain shows up with force in VII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Rival leader from Hotchkiss, immaculate and shrewd, toasts Stover with ginger ale.
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- Other
Character groups
- Stover's Inner Circle
- Social and Romantic Connections
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Tommy Bain in xviii