Captain Cowlick is the superintendent of Trianon concentration camp for most of the time that Jessup is there. Cowlick is shy and peaceful—so much so that he lets Ensign Stoyt abuse the inmates however he wants. After Shad Ledue dies in the camp, the administration replaces Cowlick with Snake Tizra.
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Captain Cowlick Character Timeline in It Can’t Happen Here
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Chapter 31
...derelict buildings of an old girls’ school nine miles from Fort Beulah. The camp superintendent, Captain Cowlick , is too mild-mannered to support torturing the inmates—but also too mild-mannered to stop the...
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...out of bed in the middle of the night, beats him, and takes him to Captain Cowlick ’s office. Cowlick offers to give Jessup a clean bedroom and preferential treatment if he...
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Chapter 32
After Shad Ledue’s death, the Corpos fire Captain Cowlick and replace him with Snake Tizra, who immediately offers to pardon anyone who will give...
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