# The Narrator (The Gees) — Short Fiction character guide

> The Narrator (The Gees) in Short Fiction by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Unknown, the man, this man

**First appearance:** 0025-the-gees

## Who they are

A visitor to a remote island who observes the peculiar customs of the Gee people.

## In the story

### [The 'Gees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_28_se/chapters/the-gees)

The narrator recounts his familiarity with 'Gees from his sea voyages and writes this account at a friend's suggestion to explain who they are.

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