Father Perefixe is a young Roman Catholic priest from Canada who lives and preaches in Fort Beulah. Like his close friends Doremus Jessup, Buck Titus, and Mr. Falck, Perefixe opposes Windrip from the start for moral reasons. After the election, he becomes an active New Underground member and decides to return home to Canada. Ironically enough, even though he constantly tells everyone else about these plans, he never goes. By the end of the novel, he is the Fort Beulah New Underground’s leader (and one of its last remaining members).
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Father Stephen Perefixe Character Timeline in It Can’t Happen Here
The timeline below shows where the character Father Stephen Perefixe appears in It Can’t Happen Here. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 7
...balloting is deadlocked between Windrip and President Roosevelt. Doremus Jessup brings Foolish the dog to Father Perefixe ’s home, where the Rev. Mr. Falck, Buck Titus, Louis Rotenstern, Dr. Greenhill, and R.C....
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...the early morning, the convention officially nominates Berzelius Windrip for president. Doremus Jessup, Buck Titus, Father Perefixe , the Rev. Mr. Falck, and Foolish the dog are devastated. When Jessup returns home,...
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Chapter 8
...shot for it. Emma asks him to be careful and worries about his carelessness. But Father Perefixe , Sissy, Lorinda Pike, and the housekeeper Mrs. Candy are furious about Windrip’s platform, too.
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Chapter 20
Meanwhile, Father Perefixe decides to return home to Canada, and the formerly pro-Windrip miller Medary Cole gets fed...
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Chapter 26
...Doremus Jessup, Buck Titus, Dan Wilgus, Lorinda Pike, Julian Falck, Dr. Marcus Olmsted, John Pollikop, Father Perefixe , Henry Veeder’s wife, Harry Kindermann, Mungo Kitterick, and Pete Vutong. Every week, representatives from...
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Chapter 30
...that Aras Dilley was prowling around outside the house in disguise. Jessup, Wilgus, Titus, and Father Perefixe dismantle their secret printing press, and John Pollikop drives it to Truman Webb’s house before...
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Chapter 33
...to Trianon or quit out of fear. Mary Greenhill now leads it, and just Sissy, Father Perefixe , Dr. Olmsted, and a few others remain. They do what little they can, mostly...
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Chapter 34
...rents the Jessup house. Sissy moves away and leaves the Fort Beulah New Underground in Father Perefixe ’s hands.
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Chapter 38
...Buck Titus, Julian Falck, Karl Pascal, and John Pollikop are still alive in the camps, Father Perefixe is running the Fort Beulah New Underground, and Emma and David are happy with Philip...
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