# Roscoe Button — Short Fiction character guide

> Roscoe Button in Short Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Roscoe, young Roscoe

**First appearance:** 0000-tarquin-of-cheapside

## Who they are

The son of Benjamin Button, who ages normally.

## In the story

### [The Curious Case of Benjamin Button](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button)

Benjamin's son, who eventually becomes his caretaker as Benjamin grows younger.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iii)

Benjamin's grandfather; becomes Benjamin's closest companion, spending hours discussing the day's events; initially antagonistic but later takes enormous pleasure in Benjamin's company.

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

Mentioned as Benjamin and Hildegarde's fourteen-year-old son.

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

Benjamin's son, recently graduated from Harvard, who is often mistaken for his father.

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

Now married and prominent in Baltimore; coldly receives his father Benjamin, insists Benjamin call him 'Uncle' to avoid scandal.

### [Benjamin Button's Military Ambition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/x)

Benjamin's son, who retrieves him from Camp Mosby after his failed attempt to serve in the army.

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

Tormented by his father Benjamin's reverse aging, considering it 'inefficient' and unmanly.

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