# Son Lou — Poetry character guide

> Son Lou in Poetry by Ring Lardner.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Son

**First appearance:** 0024-valentines

## Who they are

A son or younger relative of the narrator.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_19_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_family_

Son Lou is a child or younger relative of the narrator, evoking protective and affectionate dynamics.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_19_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_family_

Son Lou is a child or younger relative of the narrator, evoking protective and affectionate dynamics.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_19_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_family_

Son Lou is a child or younger relative of the narrator, evoking protective and affectionate dynamics.

## In the story

### [Exalted Above His Fellows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_19_se/chapters/exalted-above-his-fellows)

Implied as 'my son John,' the central figure who is exalted for having chicken pox.

### [His Memory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_19_se/chapters/his-memory)

The little son whose imagination and accommodating memory are admired.

### [Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_19_se/chapters/confession)

The son whose guilty demeanor—hanging head, affectionate behavior, and stalling—signals that he has done something wrong.

### [Charles A. Comiskey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_19_se/chapters/charles-a-comiskey)

Addressed in the limerick as the son of Charles A. Comiskey, with a lighthearted hope that he won't be upset by the silence about his father.

## Links

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