# Jonathan Harker — Dracula character guide > Jonathan Harker in Dracula by Bram Stoker. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Mr. Harker, Harker, Jonathan **First appearance:** 0003-i ## Who they are A young solicitor whose routine business trip to a Transylvanian castle becomes a harrowing education in terror, superstition, and his own unexpected reserves of nerve. ## Relationships ### [Abraham Van Helsing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/abraham_van_helsing) _friendship_ Van Helsing becomes a trusted confidant and fellow crusader alongside Jonathan against Dracula. ### [Mina Harker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/mina_harker) _family_ Jonathan and Mina are devoted husband and wife, supporting each other through trauma and danger. ### [Lucy Westenra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/lucy_westenra) _friendship_ Jonathan is a close friend of Lucy, who is Mina's best friend and later becomes a victim of Dracula. ### [Arthur Holmwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/arthur_holmwood) _friendship_ Arthur and Jonathan become allies and friends through their shared fight against Dracula. ### [Count Dracula](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/count_dracula) _psychological_ Dracula imprisons and psychologically torments Jonathan, treating him as a pawn and later a target. ### [Quincey Morris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/quincey_morris) _friendship_ Jonathan and Quincey are comrades in the vampire hunt, sharing mutual respect and bravery. ### [John Seward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/john_seward) _friendship_ John Seward and Jonathan become allies, working together under Van Helsing's leadership. ### [Abraham Van Helsing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/abraham_van_helsing) _friendship_ Van Helsing becomes a trusted confidant and fellow crusader alongside Jonathan against Dracula. ### [Abraham Van Helsing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/abraham_van_helsing) _friendship_ Van Helsing becomes a trusted confidant and fellow crusader alongside Jonathan against Dracula. ### [Mina Harker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/mina_harker) _family_ Jonathan and Mina are devoted husband and wife, supporting each other through trauma and danger. ### [Arthur Holmwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/arthur_holmwood) _friendship_ Arthur and Jonathan become allies and friends through their shared fight against Dracula. ### [John Seward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/john_seward) _friendship_ John Seward and Jonathan become allies, working together under Van Helsing's leadership. ## In the story ### [Dracula](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/dracula) The protagonist and narrator of the chapter, a solicitor traveling to Castle Dracula. ### [Jonathan Harker's Journey to the Carpathians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/i) The protagonist and narrator, traveling to Count Dracula's castle. ### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/ii) Arrives at Castle Dracula, meets the Count, and begins to observe his strange host and surroundings. ### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/iii) Imprisoned in Castle Dracula, he observes the Count's supernatural abilities and is visited by three vampire women. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/iv) Jonathan records his desperate attempts to escape, his horror at finding Dracula in his coffin, and his resolve to take desperate action. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/ix) Thin, pale, and weak; suffers from memory loss and brain fever; entrusts Mina with his notebook without reading it. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xiv) Jonathan is mentioned as having left for the day; his journal is a key source of Mina's concern. ### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xvii) Arrives from Whitby, collates evidence and letters with Mina. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xviii) Sits beside Mina, supports her, and speaks for both of them in joining the crusade. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xix) Records his relief that Mina is well and the men can take over; participates in the search preparations. ### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xx) Investigates the distribution of Dracula's boxes, interviewing Snelling, Smollet, and Bloxam. ### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xxi) Found in a stupor on the bed, unable to protect Mina during the attack. ### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xxii) Records the day's events in his journal, expresses despair and determination, and participates in the mission to sterilize Dracula's earth boxes. ### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xxiii) Grief-stricken and aged by sorrow; struggles with hatred for Dracula but is moved by Mina's plea for pity. ### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xxiv) Supports Mina, reads Van Helsing's message to her, and struggles with the reality of the scar on her forehead. ### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xxv) Reads the burial service for Mina; records the journey to Varna and the group's strategy; his journal provides historical insight into Dracula's past. ### [Chapter XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/chapters/xxvi) Exhausted and resting; his hand instinctively closes around his Kukri during Mina's trance. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters/jonathan_harker - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dracula_se/characters