# Arkansas — Roughing It character guide

> Arkansas in Roughing It by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Arkansas

**First appearance:** 0001-roughing-it

## Who they are

A quarrelsome and drunken passenger on the steamer.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/roughing_it_se/characters/narrator)

_social_

Arkansas is a colorful, boastful character from the mining camps whose stories entertain the Narrator.

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/roughing_it_se/characters/narrator)

_social_

Arkansas is a colorful, boastful character from the mining camps whose stories entertain the Narrator.

## In the story

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/roughing_it_se/chapters/xxxi)

The stalwart ruffian who terrorizes the inn until humiliated by the landlord's wife; thereafter sits in permanent humiliation.

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