# Mr. Wilson — Poetry character guide

> Mr. Wilson in Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the thrifty Wilson

**First appearance:** 0000-poetry

## Who they are

The thrifty Wilson, whose penny-pinching habits make him a recurring target of Bierce's satiric eye across these verses.

## In the story

### [Twin Unworthies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/twin-unworthies)

Referenced as 'the thrifty tick' in the epigraph, a parasite on the rich.

### [The Oleomargarine Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/the-oleomargarine-man)

The thrifty butterman who tries to churn a bull into butter.

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