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Who is Harold Stephens
Learning about a character through his belongings
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What’s in Harold Stephens’ Navy duffle bag?
(The bag itself is tattered and worn and hasn’t been in use in decades. It smells a bit of mold and dust)

A jack knife
An old pocket watch with an anchor emblem on it – an antique that is hand-wound
A small, telescoping spy glass
Miscellaneous change
In his wallet:
Three credit cards
$42 dollars
A Michigan driver’s license
A hotel receipt from Super 8
A receipt for light blubs from the hardware store
His wedding picture
Five drink chips from Salty’s Tavern
A flask half-filled with bourbon
One pair of faded Rustler jeans with holes in the knees
Two white t-shirts with a breast pocket
Four changes of socks and underwear
Four packs of Pall Mall’s
A yellow rain slicker
A few small hand tools including a crescent wrench, a wire stripper, four screwdrivers, a ball peen hammer, and some wire nuts
A “Light Keeper of the Year” plaque, battered and scratched, from 1964, wrapped in torn newspaper with a headline about the assassination of JFK
Two marine flares
A four-million-candle-watt light
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