# Jimmie Forrester — Flight character guide

> Jimmie Forrester in Flight by Walter White.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Jimmy Forrester, Jimmie, Jimmie Forrester, James H. Forrester

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Snapshot

Jimmie Forrester is a boisterous, casually bigoted young man whose offhand phone call reroutes an evening and reveals the careless ease of his privilege.

## Who they are

Jimmie breezes through life on the Century to Chicago, delegating theatre escorts and tossing off patronizing sneers at Jews, Japanese, and Italians without a second thought. He is a dear, as Mimi concedes, but frightfully uncouth and boring at times, his smug little prejudices grating against her restless, searching mind. His casual assumptions about whom Mimi should spend her evenings with quietly set the story's social machinery in motion, and his presence at Carnegie Hall shows how music briefly suspends the very hierarchies he embodies.

## Relationships

### [Mimi Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mimi_daquin)

_romantic_

Jimmie is a persistent suitor of Mimi, creating a love triangle with Carl.

### [Mrs. Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mrs_daquin)

_social_

Jimmie is a family acquaintance, and Mrs. Daquin sees him as a more suitable match for Mimi than Carl.

### [Mimi Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mimi_daquin)

_romantic_

Jimmie is a persistent suitor of Mimi, creating a love triangle with Carl.

### [Mimi Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mimi_daquin)

_romantic_

Jimmie is a persistent suitor of Mimi, creating a love triangle with Carl.

### [Mrs. Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mrs_daquin)

_social_

Jimmie is a family acquaintance, and Mrs. Daquin sees him as a more suitable match for Mimi than Carl.

### [Mrs. Daquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/characters/mrs_daquin)

_social_

Jimmie is a family acquaintance, and Mrs. Daquin sees him as a more suitable match for Mimi than Carl.

## In the story

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/chapters/xx)

Follows Mimi from Paris to New York, pursues her relentlessly, and marries her.

### [Chapter XXI: The Gilded Cage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/chapters/xxi)

Mimi's husband, a successful broker who is content with material comforts and dismissive of Mimi's growing concerns.

### [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/chapters/xxii)

Accompanies Mimi to the party, makes a cynical comment about Jewish workers, and whispers commentary about the guests.

### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/chapters/xxiii)

Mentioned as someone who would enjoy the type of show they attended, and who knows about Harlem cabarets but has never taken Mimi.

### [Chapter XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/flight_se/chapters/xxiv)

Attends the concert with Mimi, but is emotionally distant and unable to comprehend the significance of the music for her. His prejudices and lack of understanding contribute to Mimi's decision to leave.

## Links

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