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Two Years Before the Mast · Character

Harry Bennett

A young sailor on the Pilgrim, a friend of the narrator.

minor

Also known as Bennett

First appearance: ii

Harry Bennett shows up with force in Twenty-Four Years After. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Suffered palsy, left ashore when the Alert sailed; later helped into hospital, then set up a stall, eventually disappeared.
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RHRichard Henry …NANat AmesB(Ben (English B…HBHarry Bennett

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  • Other

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  • Major crew and contacts
  • Protagonist

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

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See Harry Bennett in ii