# Tom Carew — Poetry character guide

> Tom Carew in Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Tom

**First appearance:** 0000-poetry

## Who they are

A fiddle-playing, pig-startling country boy whose knack for mischief makes him a lively fixture in Bierce's satirical gallery of small-town types.

## In the story

### [A Future Conversation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/a-future-conversation)

Mentioned as Smith Carew, author of 'The Decline and Fall Of America,' a respected historical work.

### [The Unpardonable Sin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/the-unpardonable-sin)

A dandy slugger who became a politician and threw a fight, representing moral corruption.

### [An Election Expense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/an-election-expense)

Referenced as Tom Fitch, the recipient of the $10,000 to 'stump the State'; his silver tongue is described as unreliable and prone to mutiny.

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