While the Billy Boils · Character
Old Awful Example
A cautionary tale character.
minor
Also known as Awful Example, Awful
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Old Awful Example shows up with force in Macquarie's Mate. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Drunken old man who fiercely defends Macquarie as his mate.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Tall Tale and Cautionary Types
- Protagonist
- Recurring Bush Archetypes
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because it presents the emotional and psychological nadir of the outcasts'…
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