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You Can’t Win · Character

Mr. Older

A newspaperman and reformer who interacts with the narrator.

minor

Also known as Older

First appearance: xiii

See Mr. Older in xiiiBook page

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Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Historical outlaws and reformers
  • Core criminal associates
  • Diverse underworld characters

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

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 Mr. Older in xiii