# Henderson — On a Chinese Screen character guide

> Henderson in On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0020-xvii-henderson

## Who they are

A character featured in a chapter, possibly a colonial resident.

## In the story

### [XVII: Henderson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_chinese_screen_se/chapters/xvii-henderson)

A junior partner in a respectable firm, Henderson presents himself as a socialist and intellectual, but his behavior towards the Chinese rickshaw boys reveals his underlying colonial arrogance and hypocrisy.

### [The Skipper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_a_chinese_screen_se/chapters/xli-the-skipper)

Mentioned by the skipper as a figure associated with socialism, alongside Ramsay Macdonald.

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