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Fremont Older

A newspaper editor and reformer.

minor

Also known as Mr. Fremont Older

First appearance: iv

Fremont Older shows up with force in Acknowledgments. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Editor of The Call who visits Jack Black in jail and attempts to help him get probation.
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See Fremont Older in iv

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

The emotional peak occurs when the narrator’s carefully constructed facade of helpless invalidism is shattered…

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See Fremont Older in iv