# Perry Miller — Emily of New Moon character guide

> Perry Miller in Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Perry

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-a-watch-in-the-night

## Who they are

Rough, ambitious hired boy from Stovepipe Town who matches Emily's pride with his own hunger to rise above his birth.

## Relationships

### [Emily Byrd Starr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/characters/emily_byrd_starr)

_friendship_

Perry is Emily's scrappy, ambitious friend from the wrong side of town, with a bond built on mutual loyalty and teasing.

### [Emily Byrd Starr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/characters/emily_byrd_starr)

_friendship_

Perry is Emily's scrappy, ambitious friend from the wrong side of town, with a bond built on mutual loyalty and teasing.

### [Emily Byrd Starr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/characters/emily_byrd_starr)

_friendship_

Perry is Emily's scrappy, ambitious friend from the wrong side of town, with a bond built on mutual loyalty and teasing.

## In the story

### [XV: Various Tragedies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xv-various-tragedies)

Perry rescues Emily from the bull, introduces himself, and soon becomes the chore boy at New Moon. He is bold, determined, and quickly adapts to school.

### [Check for Miss Brownell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xvi-check-for-miss-brownell)

Perry appears upside-down from the 'black hole' during the confrontation, providing comic relief and moral support.

### [Romantic but Not Comfortable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxi-romantic-but-not-comfortable)

Defends Emily from his Aunt Tom's proposal; declares he will ask Emily to marry him when they grow up.

### [A Weaver of Dreams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xxviii-a-weaver-of-dreams)

Furious at the editor's rejection of Emily's poem, offers to go to Charlottetown to 'bust' the editor's head. He also retorts to Mr. Carpenter's bellowing with a joke.

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