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Norman Duchamp
Milo Pressman is the superintendent of the Castle Rock city dump, which he guards with his dog, Chopper. Milo is a middle-aged man who dislikes kids trespassing in the dump. He seems to be well-connected in the town, since he knows Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy by name. He’s a mean-spirited man who taunts Teddy about Norman’s mental health in an attempt to bait the boy into getting attacked by his dog.
Milo Pressman Quotes in The Body
The The Body quotes below are all either spoken by Milo Pressman or refer to Milo Pressman. 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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Chapter 26 Quotes
He was wrong to mention Denny. I had wanted to reason with him, to point out what Ace knew perfectly well, that we had every right to take Billy and Charlie’s dibs since Vern had heard them giving said dibs away. I wanted to tell them how Vern and I had almost gotten run down by a freight train on the trestle which spans the Castle River. About Milo Pressman and his fearless—if stupid—sidekick, Chopper the Wonder-Dog. About the bloodsuckers, too. I guess all I really wanted to tell him was Come on, Ace, fair is fair. You know that. But he had to bring Denny into it, and what I heard coming from my mouth was my own death-warrant: “Suck my fat one, you cheap dimestore hood.”
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Milo Pressman Character Timeline in The Body
The timeline below shows where the character Milo Pressman appears in The Body. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 11
...is like a surrealist painting; he never knows what he’ll see there. A man named Milo Pressman manages it, and his dog Chopper has a terrifying reputation among the children of...
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Chapter 12
...climbs over the dump gate and is halfway to the back fence before he sees Milo Pressman’s car. He has almost made it back to his friends when Milo sees him....
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Chapter 13
Teddy, Vern, Chris, and Gordie discuss their escape from Milo Pressman and Chopper. Gordie feels worried. Between Dusset and Milo, it seems to him like...
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...Finally, Chris—the best peacemaker in the gang—steps up. He reminds Teddy that, no matter what Milo said, Norman is still a hero for storming the beaches at Normandy. Milo is just...
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Chapter 31
...of the lit flashlights. After a few vague questions, Gordie’s dad drops the subject. And Milo never says anything.
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