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The Fire in the Flint · Character

Nat Phelps

A man in the community, possibly a worker or neighbor.

minor

First appearance: xv

Nat Phelps shows up with force in XXIII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Editor of the Central City Dispatch, sends out the Associated Press dispatch about the lynching.
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See Nat Phelps in xv

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MEMary EwingESEd StewartKHKenneth HarperNPNat Phelps

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Extended community and family
  • White community leaders
  • Protagonist

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SetupEscalationClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

Kenneth’s emotional peak is the eruption of all his repressed hatred and bitterness—fueled by the day’s revela…

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See Nat Phelps in xv