# Dunning — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Dunning in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Trooper Dunning, Private Dunning

**First appearance:** 0057-two-military-executions

## Who they are

A soldier who experiences a strange and fatal encounter.

## Relationships

### [Whisky Jo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/characters/whisky_jo)

_social_

Dunning and Whisky Jo are drinking companions in a saloon, where Dunning recounts his terrifying supernatural experiences.

### [Whisky Jo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/characters/whisky_jo)

_social_

Dunning and Whisky Jo are drinking companions in a saloon, where Dunning recounts his terrifying supernatural experiences.

## In the story

### [Soldier-Folk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/soldier-folk)

A trooper whose actions and fate reflect the harsh realities of soldiering.

### [A Baffled Ambuscade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/a-baffled-ambuscade)

Trooper who rode forward against orders, found dead at dawn with a bullet in the brain, having apparently warned the major of an ambush.

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