# Chicot — Short Fiction character guide

> Chicot in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0023-the-b-nitous-slave

## Who they are

A mischievous black man with a talent for storytelling.

## In the story

### [Nég Créole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/n-g-cr-ole)

The protagonist, a black, lame, and impoverished old man who works at the French market and lives in a shack. He holds unorthodox religious beliefs and is obsessed with the supposed wealth and status of his former master's descendants.

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