# Peter Dreyer — Pelle the Conqueror character guide

> Peter Dreyer in Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Andersen Nexø.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Peter

**First appearance:** 0028-i

## Who they are

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.

## Relationships

### [Pelle the Conqueror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/characters/pelle_the_conqueror)

_professional_

Peter Dreyer is a factory owner and Pelle's employer, embodying the capitalist system Pelle confronts.

### [Pelle the Conqueror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/characters/pelle_the_conqueror)

_professional_

Peter Dreyer is a factory owner and Pelle's employer, embodying the capitalist system Pelle confronts.

### [Pelle the Conqueror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/characters/pelle_the_conqueror)

_professional_

Peter Dreyer is a factory owner and Pelle's employer, embodying the capitalist system Pelle confronts.

## In the story

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

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

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xii)

Sits quietly at the meal, making dry remarks and amusing himself.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xviii)

The orphan boy who loses fingers in a factory accident; shows resilience and determination not to be a burden.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/vii)

Now publishes an anarchist newspaper, is under police surveillance, and discusses systemic inequality and exploitation with Pelle.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/ix)

Peter Dreyer tries to draw Pelle into a new group of young, radical workers.

### [Daybreak](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/x)

Pelle considers hiring Peter Dreyer for his new business, despite Ellen's concerns about his police record.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xi)

Peter works faithfully but criticizes the capitalist nature of the workshop, lives frugally, and is forced to report to the police weekly.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xv)

Helps train workmen in the cooperative but refuses to head the leather shop.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xxii)

Peter Dreyer is called to meet a woman and child, and later plans to attend a protest meeting.

## Links

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