# Mr. Butler — Martin Eden character guide

> Mr. Butler in Martin Eden by Jack London.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0012-xi

## Who they are

A successful lawyer Martin meets, representing bourgeois success.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_eden_se/chapters/viii)

Mentioned as an example of a self-made man who rose from poverty to wealth through hard work and education, but whose life Martin finds spiritually lacking.

### [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_eden_se/chapters/xiii)

States he has no patience with Spencer and has never read him.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_eden_se/chapters/xxvii)

Mentioned by Martin as an example of someone whose best conversation would be about his law work rather than social topics.

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