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Twenty Years at Hull House · Character

Marcella

A young girl at Hull House whose story illustrates immigrant struggles.

minor

First appearance: vii problems of poverty

Marcella's tie to Jane Addams is one of the pressures that moves Twenty Years at Hull House—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Jane Addams (friendship): Marcella was a young Italian immigrant girl whom Addams mentored and grew deeply attached to, representing…

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Relationship types

  • Friendship

Character groups

  • Diverse reform network
  • Protagonist

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

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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