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The Hoosier Schoolmaster · Character

Squire Hawkins

Once a poor Yankee schoolmaster who married rich and learned to talk like a Hoosier, Squire Hawkins is the district's peartest old man and its most polished survivor.

supporting

Also known as The Squire, Hawkins, The old Squire, the Squire, Squire

First appearance: ii a spell coming

As a supporting figure in The Hoosier Schoolmaster, Squire Hawkins is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The appointed word-giver, described with a comical inventory of his appearance, including a glass eye and dyed whiskers.
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Squire Hawkins commands respect as the district's leading citizen, the man most likely to preside over spelling-schools and pronounce the smart words with polite precision. His rise from threadbare Yankee pedagogue to…

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Character Web

28 connections

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RHRalph HartsookBMBud MeansHTHannah ThomsonDSDr. SmallPJPete JonesSHSquire Hawkins

Relationship types

  • Professional
  • Social
  • Other

Character groups

  • Main community characters
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

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

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

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