# Mr. Jarette — In the Midst of Life character guide

> Mr. Jarette in In the Midst of Life by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Jarette, candle Mr. Jarette

**First appearance:** 0060-the-suitable-surroundings

## Who they are

A rational man who locks himself into a room with a corpse to test a theory, and finds his own nerves the harder puzzle.

## In the story

### [A Watcher by the Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/a-watcher-by-the-dead)

The protagonist who agrees to watch by a dead body in a sealed house.

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

The young man who enters the room, examines the body, and is locked inside.

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

Mentioned by Harper as a stranger from New York who would accept the challenge to spend the night with a corpse.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/iii)

Alone in the dark room with the dead, Jarette struggles with fear and rationalism, hearing footsteps and fighting his own psychological terror.

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

Emerges from the house with white hair and wild eyes, having been traumatized by the experience of being immured.

### [A Holy Terror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_midst_of_life_se/chapters/a-holy-terror)

The protagonist who is immured in a house and later escapes.

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