Harry "Scud" East Regiment in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, where he is wounded. He later emigrates to New Zealand. East also appears in George MacDonald Fraser's "Flashman" series, being held captive in Russia alongside Flashman during the Crimean War in "Flashman at the Charge", and later dying during the Indian Mutiny in "Flashman in the Great Game". Harry "Scud" East Harry "Scud" East is a fictional character in the book "Tom Brown's School Days". He is perhaps the closest friend of Tom Brown. His nickname is Scud because he is so quick on his feet. In the book he is referred to as
Harry Potter influences and analogues of "Wuthering Heights" when Heathcliff is coldly introduced and asks his servant Joseph to bring up wine for him and Lockwood. Snape commands the almost identical line to his servant Wormtail, with Snape described similarly to how Emily Brontë described Heathcliff. The "Harry Potter" series draws upon a long literary tradition of stories set in boarding schools. This school story genre originated in the Victorian era with "Tom Brown's Schooldays", by Thomas Hughes. "Tom Brown's Schooldays" laid down a basic structure which has been widely imitated, for example in Anthony Buckeridge's 1950s "Jennings" books. Both "Tom Brown's Schooldays" and "Harry