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Karakoee

A native who helps negotiate the narrator's release.

minor

First appearance: xxx

Karakoee's tie to Narrator is one of the pressures that moves Typee—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

The Kanaka who negotiates the narrator's ransom and helps him escape into the boat.
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With Narrator (friendship): Karakoee is a native who assists the narrator and acts as a helpful intermediary with the Typee people. In The Escape: The Kanaka who negotiates the narrator's ransom and helps him escape…

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Character Web

6 connections

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FAFayawayKOKory-KoryMAMarheyoNANarratorPKPueearka KanakaKAKarakoee

Relationship types

  • Friendship
  • Other

Character groups

  • Native Intermediaries and Helpers
  • Core Typee Valley Characters
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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