While the Billy Boils · Character
Scotty
A Scottish bushman.
minor
Also known as old Scotty, young Scotty
First appearance: The Shearing of the Cook’s Dog
Scotty shows up with force in The Man Who Forgot. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A rouseabout whose bunk is next to The Oracle's; he panics when theft is suspected.
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In The Man Who Forgot: A rouseabout whose bunk is next to The Oracle's; he panics when theft is suspected. Later, in The Shearing of the Cook’s Dog: The wool-roller who expresses disgust at the tabled fleece from the…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Minor and Named Bush Characters
- Protagonist
- Eccentric Bush Characters
- Recurring Bush Archetypes
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- 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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See Scotty in The Shearing of the Cook’s Dog