# Rhobert — Cane character guide

> Rhobert in Cane by Jean Toomer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Rhobert Rhobert

**First appearance:** 0026-part-ii-rhobert

## Who they are

A black man struggling under the weight of urban life and poverty.

## In the story

### [Rhobert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cane_se/chapters/part-ii-rhobert)

The central figure, described as wearing a house on his head like a diver's helmet, sinking into mud, with banty-bowed legs from rickets.

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