The Rev. Mr. Falck Character Analysis in It Can’t Happen Here

The Reverend Mr. Falck is an Episcopal minister in Fort Beulah. He is elderly, highly educated, and well-respected as a community leader. Along with Doremus Jessup, Buck Titus, and Father Perefixe, he is one of the only prominent men in Fort Beulah to oppose the Windrip regime from the start. Shad Ledue arrests him and sends him to the Trianon concentration camp because his grandson Julian works for the New Underground. At Trianon, Ensign Stoyt brutally beats and tortures him. His fate demonstrates the Windrip regime’s cruelty.

The Rev. Mr. Falck Character Timeline in It Can’t Happen Here

The timeline below shows where the character The Rev. Mr. Falck appears in It Can’t Happen Here. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...Cole, the local school superintendent Emil Staubmeyer, the banker Roscoe Conkling Crowley, and the elderly Rev. Mr. Falck , who grew up in a wealthy New York family and then spent his career... (full context)

...a strongman for president, but he claims that “it just can’t happen here in America.” Rev. Mr. Falck appears to mouth the words, “the hell it can’t!” (full context)

...like Windrip and Prang, who are trying to save the country from itself. Julian Falck, the Reverend ’s handsome young grandson, also visits the picnic. Along with the wealthier but less intellectual... (full context)

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...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. Crowley have assembled. The men listen... (full context)

...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, Shad Ledue is chopping... (full context)

...is exactly what Windrip offers his followers. He visits the Anglican church instead, but the Rev. Mr. Falck ’s sermon doesn’t console him, either. He can’t stand the congregation’s formal style and haughty... (full context)

...Jessup’s father’s beloved 34-volume Dickens box set. Later, Doremus attends the book burning with the Rev. Mr. Falck . Karl Pascal turns up and demands his books back, and Shad Ledue sends Pascal... (full context)

...then sees them return with Veeder’s body. Worse still, Julian Falck and his grandfather, the Rev. Mr. Falck , arrive at Trianon. The guards repeatedly torture Julian, the first Minute Men spy captured... (full context)

...if he reports on Julian Falck’s “subversive activities.” Jessup refuses, so Ensign Stoyt drags the Rev. Mr. Falck into the room and declares that he has snitched on Jessup. But Falck denies it,... (full context)

...because Haik has been captured. The crowd includes Dan Wilgus, Buck Titus, Julian and the Rev. Mr. Falck , Henry Veeder, John Pollikop, Truman Webb, and even Karl Pascal. Lorinda Pike, Emma, Sissy,... (full context)