# Jupiter — Short Fiction character guide

> Jupiter in Short Fiction by Edgar Allan Poe.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the terrified Jupiter

**First appearance:** 0044-the-gold-bug

## Snapshot

Legrand's loyal freedman, whose thick dialect and superstitious terror at the strange gold bug both comic and complicate his master's treasure hunt.

## Who they are

Jupiter has followed Legrand into island exile, tending him with stubborn devotion and a freedman's wary pride. His fear of the mysterious bug and his garbled accounts of the night's events make him at once a source of humor and a genuine obstacle to the narrator's understanding. His misreadings of his master's behavior keep the reader guessing whether Legrand's scheme is brilliance or delusion.

## In the story

### [The Gold-Bug](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_14_se/chapters/the-gold-bug)

Jupiter is Legrand's loyal servant who assists in the digging and provides comic relief with his dialect.

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