# Madden — Soldiers’ Pay character guide

> Madden in Soldiers’ Pay by William Faulkner.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Madden, Sergeant Madden

**First appearance:** 0012-iv

## Who they are

A sergeant with a no-nonsense attitude.

## Relationships

### [Captain Green](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/characters/captain_green)

_professional_

Captain Green and Madden have a formal professional relationship as military colleagues.

### [Captain Green](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/characters/captain_green)

_professional_

Captain Green and Madden have a formal professional relationship as military colleagues.

### [Captain Green](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/characters/captain_green)

_professional_

Captain Green and Madden have a formal professional relationship as military colleagues.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/chapters/i)

First Sergeant and old friend of Green; tries to maintain order but feels the distance between them; refuses Green's handshake.

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

Sergeant who gets along well with officers and men, present during the gas scare and shooting.

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

Sergeant Madden reflects on Captain Green and the battle at Cantigny, where he fights and is wounded.

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

The officer Mrs. Burney speaks with; he patiently reassures her and later recalls the traumatic war event.

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

Rufus Madden, a calm, competent veteran, is asked by Mr. Rivers to sit with Dough so Rivers can dance with Cecily.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/chapters/x)

Meets Mrs. Powers and Gilligan at the dance, remembers a war scene.

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

Dances with Margaret Powers after she invites him.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/soldiers_pay_se/chapters/xiv)

Accompanies Mrs. Powers, hushes talk about Powers, watches over her at the dance.

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