# Kismine — Short Fiction character guide

> Kismine in Short Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Snapshot

Kismine is a secluded millionaire's daughter who insists she is innocent and girlish even as she maneuvers John Unger into a grove for a private meeting.

## Who they are

Raised in a hidden valley with only her brother Percy for company, Kismine has never had a boy in love with her and finds the novelty delicious. She protests that she is not sophisticated, listing her poetry and her plain dresses as proof, while her blue eyes and whispered intimacies suggest a girl already fluent in getting what she wants. Her cheerful selfishness, inherited from her father, makes her both charming and quietly dangerous to the visitor she has decided to like.

## Relationships

### [John T. Unger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/john_t_unger)

_romantic_

John falls in love with the beautiful and naive Kismine, but their romance is complicated by her family's dark secrets.

### [John T. Unger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/john_t_unger)

_romantic_

John falls in love with the beautiful and naive Kismine, but their romance is complicated by her family's dark secrets.

### [John T. Unger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/john_t_unger)

_romantic_

John falls in love with the beautiful and naive Kismine, but their romance is complicated by her family's dark secrets.

## In the story

### [The Diamond as Big as the Ritz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/the-diamond-as-big-as-the-ritz)

Percy's sister, with whom John falls in love.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/v)

Kismine, the younger sister, introduces herself to John, shares details about her family, and expresses her desire for a wholesome youth.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/vii)

In love with John, she wears his gold football on a chain and shares a first kiss with him.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/viii)

Kismine confesses to John that previous guests were murdered by her father, but claims she now loves John and wants to elope.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/ix)

Reveals the aerial attack, shows excitement about becoming poor and free, and leads the escape.

### [The Bribe to God and the Fall of the Washington Empire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/x)

Falls asleep during the battle, wakes to flee with John, and realizes the mountain is wired.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/xi)

Kismine realizes she brought rhinestones instead of diamonds, expresses wonder at the stars, and reflects on her lost youth.

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