# Jan Snip — So Big character guide

> Jan Snip in So Big by Edna Ferber.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jan

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Who they are

A Dutch farmer and neighbor on the prairie.

## Relationships

### [Selina DeJong](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/so_big_se/characters/selina_dejong)

_professional_

A business partnership where Jan, as a fellow farmer and trader, respects Selina's shrewdness and work ethic.

### [Selina DeJong](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/so_big_se/characters/selina_dejong)

_professional_

A business partnership where Jan, as a fellow farmer and trader, respects Selina's shrewdness and work ethic.

### [Selina DeJong](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/so_big_se/characters/selina_dejong)

_professional_

A business partnership where Jan, as a fellow farmer and trader, respects Selina's shrewdness and work ethic.

## In the story

### [Selina Takes the Reins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/so_big_se/chapters/x)

The hired hand who fails at selling the vegetables and is shocked by Selina's plan to go to market.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/so_big_se/chapters/xii)

Rendered speechless by the automobile's arrival; counts Selina as lost and mad.

### [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/so_big_se/chapters/xiii)

Works on the farm, distrusts Selina's new methods, predicts she will choke on her ambitions.

## Links

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