War and Peace · Character
The Negro
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 140
He survives in memory as a stark, arresting image: a gray figure standing silently while bright white teeth catch the eye. The children watch him, and the recollection carries the strange vividness of an image that has never quite faded.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 140
- Books
- 1
He appears only in a childhood memory, standing and looking at the children. The recollection marks him through the contrast of his gray appearance and white teeth, but the text gives him no name, relationships, or further story.
Description
The text describes him as a gray Black man with white teeth, a striking contrast that defines the brief remembered image. No height, build, age, hair, eye color, facial structure, or clothing is specified. He is remembered standing and looking toward the children, with no other distinguishing features established.
Story so far
BOOK 1War and Peace
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