# Tomkins — Disenchantment character guide

> Tomkins in Disenchantment by C. E. Montague.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0011-iv

## Who they are

A soldier or minor figure, possibly a common name for a typical man.

## In the story

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

A soldier who describes a childhood technique of focusing on his own 'I-ness' to achieve a state of self-transcendence.

### [VIII: The Duty of Lying](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/viii-the-duty-of-lying)

Referenced from Scott's 'Woodstock' as an example of a man who believes himself above moral ordinances, paralleling the journalist who justifies lying for the public good.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/vii)

Referenced as a character from Scott's 'Woodstock' who rationalizes his vices through a theory of moral freedom, paralleling the journalist's self-justification.

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