# James Flower — Cup of Gold character guide

> James Flower in Cup of Gold by John Steinbeck.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** James I

**First appearance:** 0002-ii

## Who they are

A buccaneer companion of Henry Morgan on his early voyages.

## Relationships

### [Henry Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/henry_morgan)

_professional_

James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a capable but sometimes rivalrous subordinate.

### [Henry Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/henry_morgan)

_professional_

James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a capable but sometimes rivalrous subordinate.

### [Henry Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/characters/henry_morgan)

_professional_

James Flower is a fellow pirate and lieutenant under Henry's command, serving as a capable but sometimes rivalrous subordinate.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/chapters/iii)

A planter who inherited a plantation; a failed intellectual who longed to create ideas but never succeeded.

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

The aging planter, increasingly reliant on Henry, finds happiness in books and neglects the plantation's brutal realities, unaware of Henry's manipulations.

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

Henry's employer, who agrees to let Henry buy a ship and manage the plantation's shipping, though he is more interested in reading about the moon.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cup_of_gold_se/chapters/vi)

James Flower, the planter who has become a father figure to Henry, is heartbroken by Henry's departure and offers him half his plantation to stay.

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