The Survivors of the Chancellor · Character
Mr. Ruby
A passenger who is a wealthy and eccentric Australian.
minor
Also known as Ruby, Poor Ruby
First appearance: ii
Mr. Ruby's tie to Robert Curtis is one of the pressures that moves The Survivors of the Chancellor—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Merchant who secretly brought thirty pounds of picrate of potash aboard, admitting he did not inform the captain because it would not have been accepted.
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With Robert Curtis (social): Mr. Ruby, a wealthy passenger, interacts with Curtis primarily as a fellow survivor on the raft. With Mr. Falsten (social): Mr. Falsten and Mr. Ruby are both passengers who occasionally…
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Antagonists and unstable figures
- Protagonist
- Passengers and loyal crew
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the narrator’s stolen food and guilty conscience directly lea…
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- Robert Curtis
social · ambivalent
- Mr. Falsten
social · ambivalent
- Mr. Falsten
social · ambivalent
- Robert Curtis
social · ambivalent
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