# John Dodson — A High Wind in Jamaica character guide

> John Dodson in A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** John Dodson, John

**First appearance:** 0026-viii

## Who they are

A sailor or crew member on a ship.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i)

Older than Emily, he dives properly at the bathing pool and joins Emily in scaring negroes with duppy stories.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii)

Sits naked on the bank making a wicker trap while Emily explores.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iii)

Catches Emily's excitement, turns head over heels on the sand, swims after her, and later tells disproportionate stories about Ferndale's importance.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iv)

Chatters about ponies, leads the children in marching games, and sobs during the storm.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii)

Described as the most sensitive, too full to speak.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iii)

Writes a letter home boasting of his feats on the ship.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i)

Freckled, round, energetic; watches the monkey torture with horror and cannot look away.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii)

One of the children; indignantly shouts from the deck-house after the first volley of musket fire.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/iv)

Tells the others to go to sleep and dismisses Rachel's theological concerns.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/i)

Decides he would not like to live in Santa Lucia; is pushed to weigh goods at the auction.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_high_wind_in_jamaica_se/chapters/ii)

Falls from the warehouse doorway and dies; his name is never spoken again.

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