# Joss — How the Other Half Lives character guide

> Joss in How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** himself

**First appearance:** 0014-x-jewtown

## Who they are

A character, possibly a tenant or worker, with limited narrative presence.

## In the story

### [IX: Chinatown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/how_the_other_half_lives_se/chapters/ix-chinatown)

Joss is the deity in the Joss House, whose photograph was taken by the narrator, causing a commotion that required two roast pigs as atonement.

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