# General Panther — Penguin Island character guide

> General Panther in Penguin Island by Anatole France.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Panther

**First appearance:** 0049-i-general-greatauk-duke-of-skull

## Who they are

A military general in the later political conflicts.

## In the story

### [I: General Greatauk, Duke of Skull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/i-general-greatauk-duke-of-skull)

Chief of Staff; informs Greatauk of the missing hay and later reports that there is no evidence against Pyrot.

### [II: Pyrot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/ii-pyrot)

Reports Pyrot's conviction to Greatauk and is instructed to extract a confession.

### [Count de Maubec de la Dentdulynx](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/iii-count-de-maubec-de-la-dentdulynx)

A general who makes inexhaustible public speeches defending Pyrot's guilt, undermining the case with excessive reasoning.

### [VI: The Seven Hundred Pyrotists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/vi-the-seven-hundred-pyrotists)

Chief of Staff; accumulates massive archives of proofs against Pyrot with patriotic satisfaction.

### [VIII: The Colomban Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/viii-the-colomban-trial)

Chief of Staff who testifies with absurd claims about 732 square yards of proofs against Pyrot.

### [Mr. Justice Chaussepied](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/x-mr-justice-chaussepied)

Chief of Staff who, against Greatauk's advice, insists on piling up proofs against Pyrot, leading to a collapse at the Ministry of War.

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