# The Chatterer — Before Adam character guide

> The Chatterer in Before Adam by Jack London.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Chatterer, The Chatterer

**First appearance:** 0005-iv

## Who they are

A talkative and nervous member of the narrator's tribe.

## Relationships

### [Lop-Ear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/before_adam_se/characters/lop_ear)

_friendship_

Lop-Ear and The Chatterer are close friends, often interacting in a playful or supportive manner.

## In the story

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

The narrator's malicious stepfather who terrorizes him and eventually throws him out of the nest.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/before_adam_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned as part of the narrator's suburban group, living apart from the main horde.

### [The Swift One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/before_adam_se/chapters/x)

The narrator's father; he chases the narrator and Lop-Ear after the narrator spanks his sister.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/before_adam_se/chapters/xi)

Big-Tooth's sister; she tolerates Lop-Ear's visits to the tree where Big-Tooth's mother lives.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/before_adam_se/chapters/xv)

Mentioned as the stepfather of the narrator's sister, who marries Lop-Ear.

### [The Fire People's Conquest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/before_adam_se/chapters/xvii)

Shot down out of the old home-tree during the attack.

## Links

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