# Mattie Schwengauer — So Big character guide

> Mattie Schwengauer in So Big by Edna Ferber.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mattie, Pat

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Who they are

A neighbor girl on the prairie who becomes a friend to Selina.

## Relationships

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

_professional_

A business relationship where Mattie, as Dirk's secretary, enables his architectural career while harboring unrequited feelings.

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

_professional_

A business relationship where Mattie, as Dirk's secretary, enables his architectural career while harboring unrequited feelings.

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

_professional_

A business relationship where Mattie, as Dirk's secretary, enables his architectural career while harboring unrequited feelings.

## In the story

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

A poor university student who works as a waitress; visits the farm and enjoys it, but is later shunned by Dirk's fraternity due to her social status.

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