General Spoomer

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Thu, 2015-07-02 15:57
Text: 
"All the Dead Pilots"
Character Key: 
General Spoomer
Display Name: 
General Spoomer
Sort Name: 
Spoomer, General
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Brigadier General
First Mentioned: 
WW1 Europe: Wing Headquarters in "All the Dead Pilots" (Location)
Origin: 
Britain
Biography: 

Spoomer's uncle is the "corps commander, the K.G." (513). "K.G." stands for Knight of the Order of the Garter, the most prestigious of Britain's chivalric honors. He is thus clearly a member of the upper class, and our narrator thinks him a snob who predicts that the outbreak of war "will be the making of the army" (513). The narrator seems to attribute Spoomer's rank to nepotism.

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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