Disenchantment · Character

Little Flanigan

A soldier or junior officer, mentioned in the narrative with some familiarity.

minor

Also known as Flanigan

First appearance: III

Little Flanigan shows up with force in IV. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Implied as part of the group in the hut, though not explicitly named in this excerpt; the narrator mentions 'we' and the hut's inhabitants.

Little Flanigan first appears in 0005 iii.

In IV: Implied as part of the group in the hut, though not explicitly named in this excerpt; the narrator mentions 'we' and the hut's inhabitants.

Later, in II: Misgiving: Mentioned as a recruit who, along with others, is left waiting on the kerb while the sergeant-major drinks in a pub.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

This is the story’s dramatic climax because it marks the emotional and psychological peak where hatred collaps…

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IV
Implied as part of the group in the hut, though not explicitly named in this excerpt; the narrator mentions 'we' and the hut's inhabitants.
II: Misgiving
Mentioned as a recruit who, along with others, is left waiting on the kerb while the sergeant-major drinks in a pub.
IV
Implied among the men who comment on the major's lecture as 'the man's pers'nal 'istory'.
IV
A soldier who compares selfless acts to men risking their lives to save others from fire.
III
The Australian sergeant who expresses disillusionment with the press's lies.
X: Autumn Tints in Chivalry
Emblem of the vindictive, hateful home-front spirit; enthroned in London, using megaphones to spread propaganda and contempt for the enemy.
I
Embodies the vindictive temper of war, damning the French and influencing public sentiment from London.
II
Mentioned as advocating for bombing German women and children, representing a harsh home-front perspective.
III
Referenced as a standard for hatred that is impossible to maintain at the front.
IV
A little Cockney corporal who chaffs German prisoners in their own dialects, having learned them from his father's sweated labor.
VI
Mentioned as representative of the 'bull movement' in stocks, contrasting with chivalric ideals.
IV
Mentioned as a typical private who knew Dickens by heart and applied a quote to the Kaiser.

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