# Sylveste Bordon — Short Fiction character guide

> Sylveste Bordon in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Sylveste, Sylveste

**First appearance:** 0014-a-rude-awakening

## Who they are

An old man who struggles with his son's rebellious nature.

## In the story

### [A Rude Awakening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/a-rude-awakening)

A lazy father whose indolence drives Lolotte to desperation; he later grieves her disappearance and is transformed by sorrow, ultimately reunited with her.

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