You Can’t Win · Character
Judge Frank H. Dunne
A judge who appears in the narrator's legal troubles.
minor
Also known as Judge Dunne
First appearance: ix
Judge Frank H. Dunne shows up with force in Acknowledgments. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The judge who sentenced Jack Black and refused Fremont Older's suggestion of probation.
Judge Frank H. Dunne first appears in 0011 ix.
In XXIII: The judge who sentenced Jack Black and refused Fremont Older's suggestion of probation.
Later, in XXIV: Judge Dunne offers Black a one-year sentence and asks his preference for prison.
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Narrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- 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 Judge Frank H. Dunne in ix