# Klaas Pool — So Big character guide

> Klaas Pool in So Big by Edna Ferber.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Klaas, Mrs. Pool, old Klaas Pool

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Who they are

Roelf's father, a stern and conservative Dutch farmer.

## In the story

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

Drives Selina to High Prairie; a truck farmer with a slow, humorous nature.

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

Drives Selina to the farm, unloads the wagon, and is briefly present in the kitchen.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/so_big_se/chapters/iv)

Berates Roelf, drives Selina to the railway station for her trip to Chicago.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/so_big_se/chapters/v)

Drives the family to church in the farm wagon.

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

Approves of Roelf's free lessons; attends a gathering at Low Prairie.

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

Mentioned as Maartje's husband and a prosperous farmer with a well-kept wagon.

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

Marries the Widow Paarlenberg nine months after Maartje's death, causing gossip in High Prairie.

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

Reacts to Selina's candlelit dinners with a humorous remark about cabbages.

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