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The House Without a Key · Character

Haku

A Hawaiian servant in the Winterslip household.

minor

Also known as the startled Haku

First appearance: the house without a key

Haku shows up with force in I: Kona Weather. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Dan's butler, enters with a tray of cocktails.
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In I: Kona Weather: Dan's butler, enters with a tray of cocktails. Later, in Beyond the Bamboo Curtain: Sleepy Japanese servant roused by…

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Character Web

10 connections

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AWAmos WinterslipBWBarbara Winter…JQJohn Quincy Wi…CCCharlie ChanMMMiss Minerva W…HAHaku

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Secondary characters and witnesses
  • Primary suspects and investigators
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

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

This is the story's dramatic climax because John Quincy’s smug pride in his "detective work" and the threateni…

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