The Enormous Room · Character
The Bear
A large, gruff prisoner with a bear-like demeanor.
minor
Also known as The Bear
First appearance: iv le nouveau
The Bear's tie to Narrator is one of the pressures that moves The Enormous Room—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Miscellaneous Prisoners and Figures
- Narrator's Close Associates
- Protagonist
- Quirky Individual Prisoners
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
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social · negative
The Bear is a large, brutish prisoner who the narrator interacts with warily, recognizing… How this plays out →
- Narrator
social · negative
The Bear is a large, brutish prisoner who the narrator interacts with warily, recognizing… How this plays out →
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See The Bear in iv le nouveau