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Sea Catch

A fifteen-year-old fur seal who fights forty-five rivals for a patch of Novastoshnah beach and gruffly claims his wife Matkah as his prize.

supporting

Also known as old Sea Catch, Old Sea Catch

First appearance: The White Seal

As a supporting figure in The Jungle Book, Sea Catch is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Kotick's father, a huge gray fur-seal who fights alongside Kotick.
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Sea Catch is a massive, scarred veteran of the breeding rocks, bleeding from twenty places and nearly blind in one eye after a season of battling for room by the sea. He refuses to eat for four months on the beach,…

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MAMatkahKOKotickSCSea Catch

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Kotick's seal family
  • Protagonist

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

SetupEscalationBreaking pointClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Closing

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