# Ivan Platonich — Short Fiction character guide

> Ivan Platonich in Short Fiction by Vsevolod Garshin.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0041-nadejda-nicolaievna

## Who they are

A named character with a small role.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/ii)

Participates in the conversation about literature and his own past, laughing at his own witticisms.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/iii)

Referenced by Ventzel in a question about the narrator's transfer.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/vi)

Ivan Platonich discusses Ventzel's character and recounts the story of Balunoff and the pig, showing his conflicted view of Ventzel.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/vii)

Red-faced and puffing, he jokes with Stebelkoff about his moustaches and asks about fear.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/viii)

Observes the dead soldiers with anger and grief, commenting that they have 'paid their accounts' and are at peace.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/ix)

Calls the narrator for tea and sends him to check on the distraught Ventzel.

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