Pelle the Conqueror · Character

Peter Dreyer

A steady fellow worker whose loyalty and plain decency give Pelle a companion as both of them are pulled toward the stirrings of organized labor.

supporting

Also known as Peter

First appearance: i

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Marie's elder brother who works in a tinplate works.

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With Pelle the Conqueror (professional): Peter Dreyer is a factory owner and Pelle's employer, embodying the capitalist system Pelle confronts. With Pelle the Conqueror (professional): Peter Dreyer is a factory owner and Pelle's employer, embodying the capitalist system Pelle confronts. With Pelle the Conqueror (professional): Peter Dreyer is a factory owner and Pelle's employer, embodying the capitalist system Pelle confronts.

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Pelle's family and early influences
Immigrant workers and community
Later life associates and minor characters
Childhood friends and local figures

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Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Pelle the Conqueror
professional · negative
Peter Dreyer is a factory owner and Pelle's employer, embodying the capitalist system… How this plays out →
Pelle the Conqueror
professional · negative
Peter Dreyer is a factory owner and Pelle's employer, embodying the capitalist system… How this plays out →
Pelle the Conqueror
professional · negative
Peter Dreyer is a factory owner and Pelle's employer, embodying the capitalist system… How this plays out →

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Marie's elder brother who works in a tinplate works.
VIII
Peter, Pelle's former fellow apprentice, is now a disillusioned and isolated man who joins the movement reluctantly, expressing a deep desire to be seen as a man rather than a machine.
XII
Sits quietly at the meal, making dry remarks and amusing himself.
XVIII
The orphan boy who loses fingers in a factory accident; shows resilience and determination not to be a burden.
VII
Now publishes an anarchist newspaper, is under police surveillance, and discusses systemic inequality and exploitation with Pelle.
IX
Peter Dreyer tries to draw Pelle into a new group of young, radical workers.
Daybreak
Pelle considers hiring Peter Dreyer for his new business, despite Ellen's concerns about his police record.
Chapter XI
Peter works faithfully but criticizes the capitalist nature of the workshop, lives frugally, and is forced to report to the police weekly.
XV
Helps train workmen in the cooperative but refuses to head the leather shop.
XVI
Peter Dreyer agitates for mass protest of the unemployed, rejects Brun's offer of comfort, and is driven by immediate suffering rather than future plans.
XXII
Peter Dreyer is called to meet a woman and child, and later plans to attend a protest meeting.

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