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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- Other
Character groups
- Extended community and family
- White community leaders
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
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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