# Max Isaacs — Look Homeward, Angel character guide

> Max Isaacs in Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Max Isaacs, Max, Isaacs

**First appearance:** 0005-part-i-i

## Who they are

A Jewish businessman and friend of the Gant family.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/look_homeward_angel_se/chapters/part-i-viii)

Eugene's only close companion, a year older, who is going to school and prompts Eugene to insist on attending.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/look_homeward_angel_se/chapters/part-i-ix)

Mentioned as the son of a plumber, whose work rusts underground.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/look_homeward_angel_se/chapters/part-ii-xv)

Former neighborhood friend of Eugene, now a distant association.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/look_homeward_angel_se/chapters/part-ii-xxvi)

Joins the excursion; discusses a girl's past and dreams of joining the navy.

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