# Williams — Disenchantment character guide

> Williams in Disenchantment by C. E. Montague.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Who they are

A recurring soldier character, possibly a subordinate or fellow officer of the narrator.

## In the story

### [Disenchantment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/disenchantment)

A soldier whose experiences exemplify the shift from enthusiasm to disillusionment.

### [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.

### [At Agincourt and Ypres](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii-at-agincourt-and-ypres)

Williams is the archetypal front-line soldier whose 'vinegar tongue' expresses the men's bitterness about the contrast between their suffering and the comfort of the high command.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/i)

A private who is suspicious of tall talk about the just cause and heroics, trusting only a known company officer.

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

Emblematic of the ordinary soldier; his bitter resentment grows from the perceived injustice of the separation between combatants and non-combatants.

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

A soldier who describes a 'queer feel' of being set free and doing the right thing without effort, like a miracle.

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

Not directly named but referenced as a Regular N.C.O. who defends German actions in Belgium.

## Links

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