# Jack Reed — My Disillusionment in Russia character guide

> Jack Reed in My Disillusionment in Russia by Emma Goldman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jack, Reed, John Reed

**First appearance:** 0007-v-meeting-people

## Who they are

American journalist and communist who appears briefly in the narrative.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Jack Reed is a fellow journalist and revolutionary sympathizer who shares a bond of professional and ideological solidarity with the narrator.

### [Louise Bryant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/characters/louise_bryant)

_romantic_

Jack Reed and Louise Bryant are a married couple and fellow journalists, sharing a passionate and supportive partnership.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Jack Reed is a fellow journalist and revolutionary sympathizer who shares a bond of professional and ideological solidarity with the narrator.

### [Louise Bryant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/characters/louise_bryant)

_romantic_

Jack Reed and Louise Bryant are a married couple and fellow journalists, sharing a passionate and supportive partnership.

## In the story

### [II: Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/chapters/ii-petrograd)

Living in the Astoria, preparing to return to the US; insists the dark sides of Bolshevik rule are inevitable.

### [Moscow: First Impressions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/chapters/iv-moscow-first-impressions)

Mentioned as having advised the narrator to look up Balabanova in Moscow.

### [Industrial Militarization](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/chapters/ix-industrial-militarization)

Jack Reed argues that labor militarization is unavoidable due to the blockade and hunger, though the narrator questions its efficacy.

### [XXIII: Returning to Moscow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/chapters/xxiii-returning-to-moscow)

Mentioned as having died; the narrator recalls nursing him in Petrograd and discusses his final disillusionment with Louise Bryant.

### [Back in Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/chapters/xxiv-back-in-petrograd)

His funeral is described; Kollontai eulogizes him as an artist whose soul transcended dogma.

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