To Cuba and Back · Character
The Coolie
An individual Chinese laborer, distinct from the group.
minor
First appearance: xii
The Coolie's tie to Coolies is one of the pressures that moves To Cuba and Back—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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- Social
- Other
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- Individual Characters and References
- Social and Religious Groups
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The narrative climax occurs in the juxtaposition of the trivial, universal Cuban habit of smoking—where a dyin…
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social · ambivalent
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