# Bashan and I — Character guide

> Key figures in Bashan and I by Thomas Mann.

- [Bashan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bashan_and_i_se/characters/bashan.md): Bashan appoints himself the narrator's loyal vassal, following only him, lying only at his feet, and vaulting through windows to sleep beneath his desk. Yet his devotion is inseparable from a stubborn independence: he as
- [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bashan_and_i_se/characters/narrator.md): He is the household's head and Bashan's chosen master, the one figure the dog honors with vassal-friendship while treating everyone else with independence. His work demands stillness, but Bashan's trampling paws, air-kis
- [Lux](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bashan_and_i_se/characters/lux.md): Where Bashan claims the master as his personal lord, Lux occupies a humbler place in the household's canine order, and the contrast defines them both. His misfortunes shadow the book's daily life of walks, hunts, and fam
- [Anastasia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bashan_and_i_se/characters/anastasia.md): A female dog or character mentioned in relation to Bashan's social circle.
- [Percy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bashan_and_i_se/characters/percy.md): A person or dog briefly named in the narrative, likely an acquaintance.

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