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The Encountering Incident In Casablanca

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The Inciting Incident in Casablanca is when Rick is approached by Ugarte in his nightclub. Ugarte gives him letters of transit, which was obtained by murdering two German messengers. This paper allows people to travel freely around German claimed areas in Europe. Which are highly important to the refugees stranded in Casablanca. Ugarte plans to sell them around Casablanca. He asks Rick to hold them for the night at the club. Then all of sudden the local police barge in controlled by Captain Louis Renault. Ugarte is taken

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