# Da'Bé — Maria Chapdelaine character guide

> Da'Bé in Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0010-xi-the-interpreter-of-god

## Who they are

A minor character, possibly a neighbor or laborer.

## In the story

### [IV: Wild Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/iv-wild-land)

Returns from the shanties; tall, less heavily built, lively and merry; works alongside his father cutting trees.

### [Entrenched Against Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/viii-entrenched-against-winter)

Da'Bé assists with foundation work and also departs for the shanties in November.

### [XVI: Pledged to the Race](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/maria_chapdelaine_se/chapters/xvi-pledged-to-the-race)

Returns from the shanties with Esdras, contributing to the renewed mourning.

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