Typee · Character
Karky
The Typee tattoo artist.
minor
First appearance: xviii
Karky's tie to Narrator is one of the pressures that moves Typee—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
The tattoo artist whose earlier solicitations contributed to the narrator's wretchedness.
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With Narrator (social): Karky is a native tattoo artist who interacts with the narrator, representing local customs. In XXXII: The tattoo…
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