# Benny — June Moon character guide

> Benny in June Moon by Ring Lardner.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Benny This, Benny Davis, Benny George Gershwin, Benny Yah, Benny Fox

**First appearance:** 0002-june-moon

## Snapshot

Fred's army buddy turned song plugger, forever hawking his own numbers and convinced the business has robbed him blind.

## Who they are

Benny works the piano and the room with equal desperation, pitching novelty tunes like "Give Our Child a Name" to anyone who will listen. He resents Fred's sudden hit "June Moon," which he considers a fluke, and his envy curdles into a running grievance against luck itself. As Fred rises, Benny's sour ambition becomes a cautionary mirror, showing what the same hunger looks like without the break.

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