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Blakely is the “house father” in Cleveland, the dorm in which Elwood lives while he’s at Nickel Academy. Blakely isn’t a particularly ferocious man, but he does enforce the rules and demands set by people like Spencer. Accordingly, Elwood and his peers fear Blakely just as much as any other staff member at Nickel.
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Blakely Character Timeline in The Nickel Boys
The timeline below shows where the character Blakely appears in The Nickel Boys. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Four
...the part of campus where the black students live. On his way, a man named Blakely—who is in charge of his dorm—reiterates the idea that each student is responsible for his...
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...are initials and curses etched into wood surfaces, and the floors are buckled and weak. Blakely shows him to his bed, which is in a room of thirty bunks, and introduces...
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Chapter Sixteen
...to kill him the following day. Saying this, he helps Elwood down the hall, past Blakely’s nearby bedroom, and out into night.
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