Twelve Years a Slave · Character
Mr. Jacob Brooks
A slaveholder who hires Solomon.
minor
Also known as Mr. Brooks, Jacob Brooks
First appearance: xi
Mr. Jacob Brooks's tie to Elizabeth is one of the pressures that moves Twelve Years a Slave—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Extended family and peripheral figures
- Solomon's captors and betrayers
- Plantation slaves and overseers
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This chapter marks the dramatic climax because it presents the first real hope of deliverance after years of d…
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- Elizabeth
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