The Crowd · Character
Mr. Davey
A specific individual cited in an example of crowd suggestibility.
minor
First appearance: the crowd
Mr. Davey's tie to Crowds is one of the pressures that moves The Crowd—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
A psychologist who demonstrated the power of suggestion by convincing a gathering of distinguished observers that they witnessed supernatural phenomena through simple tricks.
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