# Bentley — Pastors and Masters character guide

> Bentley in Pastors and Masters by Ivy Compton-Burnett.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mr. Bentley

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A father whose silent, wounded dignity at his own breakfast table curdles into a running indictment of his sons' self-absorption and his family's ingratitude.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pastors_and_masters_se/chapters/v)

The patriarch, critical and domineering, expresses dissatisfaction with his children and their schooling.

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