# Ben Riley — Oil! character guide

> Ben Riley in Oil! by Upton Sinclair.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ben

**First appearance:** 0001-oil

## Who they are

A minor character, possibly a worker.

## In the story

### [XIV: The Star](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/xiv-the-star)

Socialist oil worker fired from Ross Consolidated for union activity; forced to take ranch work.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/ii)

Fired from Ross Consolidated for being a Socialist and distributing Socialist literature.

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