The Land of Little Rain · Character
Roeder
A local figure in the mining community of Jimville.
minor
First appearance: jimville
Roeder's tie to Connor is one of the pressures that moves The Land of Little Rain—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Owned the field for fifteen years, used it for cattle, lost it to Connor during the Big Snow.
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- Professional
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- Diverse desert community figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Connor
professional · ambivalent
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- Edswick
professional · ambivalent
- Ruffin
professional · ambivalent
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