# Narrator (I) — An Autobiography character guide

> Narrator (I) in An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Unknown, yourself, I—both, myself, your, I., mine

**First appearance:** 0002-an-autobiography

## Snapshot

The remembering voice of the autobiography, who treats his boyhood self as a near-stranger and traces how that timid child became a fighter.

## Who they are

This first-person narrator speaks of his younger self with curious detachment, as though the sickly boy were an ancestor rather than the same person. That boy, bullied on a stagecoach ride to Moosehead Lake, resolved to learn boxing rather than accept helplessness. The narrator's habit of turning humiliation into resolve is the engine of the whole book, and it makes even his early failures feel like deliberate preparation.

## In the story

### [Practical Politics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_autobiography_se/chapters/iii-practical-politics)

First-person perspective used throughout the chapter.

### [VI: The New York Police](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/an_autobiography_se/chapters/vi-the-new-york-police)

Roosevelt narrates in first person, reflecting on his experiences and philosophy of governance.

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