# Little Flanigan — Disenchantment character guide

> Little Flanigan in Disenchantment by C. E. Montague.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Flanigan

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Who they are

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

## In the story

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

Implied among the men who comment on the major's lecture as 'the man's pers'nal 'istory'.

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

A soldier who compares selfless acts to men risking their lives to save others from fire.

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

The Australian sergeant who expresses disillusionment with the press's lies.

### [X: Autumn Tints in Chivalry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i)

Embodies the vindictive temper of war, damning the French and influencing public sentiment from London.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as advocating for bombing German women and children, representing a harsh home-front perspective.

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

Referenced as a standard for hatred that is impossible to maintain at the front.

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

A little Cockney corporal who chaffs German prisoners in their own dialects, having learned them from his father's sweated labor.

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

Mentioned as representative of the 'bull movement' in stocks, contrasting with chivalric ideals.

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

Mentioned as a typical private who knew Dickens by heart and applied a quote to the Kaiser.

## Links

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