# Ginger Nut — Bartleby, the Scrivener character guide

> Ginger Nut in Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** chapter_1

## Who they are

A twelve-year-old office boy who runs errands for the scriveners and is named for the cakes he often fetches.

## Relationships

### [Bartleby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/11231/characters/bartleby)

_professional_

They are office colleagues, with Ginger Nut, the errand boy, occasionally tasked with engaging Bartleby but having little meaningful interaction.

### [Turkey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/11231/characters/turkey)

_professional_

Ginger Nut is the office errand boy and Turkey is a senior scrivener, so their relationship is that of a junior employee and a senior colleague.

## In the story

### [Bartleby, The Scrivener](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/11231/chapters/bartleby-the-scrivener)

A 12-year-old office boy who runs errands, primarily for cakes and apples, named for the ginger-nut cakes he fetches.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/11231/characters/ginger_nut
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