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Chuck is the sports reporter at the paper. Miranda and Towney like Chuck because he is frank and funny. Chuck was assigned to write for sports because he’s a man, though he admits to Miranda that he could care less about sports and prefers to see “womanly” shows. Chuck was rejected to fight because of a medical condition, and he copes with this by adopting a nihilistic and blasé attitude towards the war—something Miranda observes that “all rejected men” have in common.
Chuck Rouncivale Quotes in Pale Horse, Pale Rider
The Pale Horse, Pale Rider quotes below are all either spoken by Chuck Rouncivale or refer to Chuck Rouncivale. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Pale Horse, Pale Rider Quotes
Does anybody here believe the things we say to each other?
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Miranda and Chuck walk through the crowd as they leave a vaudeville show. Miranda observes the chaotic mess of preoccupied people and wonders how much she can truly know about others by merely watching the things that they do and listening to the things that they say. Miranda offers her question “Does anybody here believe the things we say to each other?” in desperation: she doesn’t believe in “the things we say to each other”—her disapproval of showy wartime do-gooders makes this clear—but it would temporarily suppress her overwhelming sense of alienation to know that others feel this way, as Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae vol
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Chuck Rouncivale Character Timeline in Pale Horse, Pale Rider
The timeline below shows where the character Chuck Rouncivale appears in Pale Horse, Pale Rider. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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At work, Miranda hangs out with her coworkers, Towney, and Chuck Rouncivale, the sports reporter. They discuss the influenza outbreak. Miranda daydreams about Adam, recalling when...
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...Miranda knows that this is only talk, however—Towney could care less about any of this. Chuck speaks rashly: “What’s the idea of petting soldiers and binding up their wounds and soothing...
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Later, Miranda and Chuck head to a vaudeville show that Miranda is assigned to cover for work. Chuck warns...
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The show begins. Chuck declares it to be “rotten.” Miranda feels rotten, herself: she tells Chuck he can write...
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Miranda and Chuck leave the horrendous show. As they pass through the bustling crowd outside the theater, Miranda...
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Chuck and Towney visit Miranda and bring letters from well-wishing friends. They exclaim how wonderful Miranda...
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