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Bug

A slave who tells a story to Sis' Becky.

minor

First appearance: sis becky s pickaninny

See Bug in sis becky s pickaninnyBook page

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Character Web

4 connections

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SBSis' BeckyAPAunt PeggyKPKunnel Pen'letonOAOle Aun' NancyBUBug

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Grief and Conjuring Intervention
  • Conjuring and Transformation

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Narrative arc

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

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

In this scene, the emotional and psychological peak occurs when Julius, while cutting a slice of ham, is sudde…

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See Bug in sis becky s pickaninny