Tarzan and the Golden Lion · Character
John Peebles
An Englishman of the treasure expedition who ends a long jungle night wedged in a tree crotch, greeting dawn with weary eyes.
supporting
Also known as Peebles
First appearance: i the golden lion
As a supporting figure in Tarzan and the Golden Lion, John Peebles is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A former pugilist, he impatiently pushes the group to action and threatens Flora if she tries to deceive them.
Peebles is one of the four white men Flora drags into Jane's camp, part of a supposed scientific expedition whose real business is gold. By the time the safari turns, he is reduced to perching in a tree fork beside Dick Throck, while the cleverer Kraski rigs a platform and Bluber clings half-exhausted above. His helplessness measures how far the expedition has fallen from its confident beginning.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Oparian Religious Faction
- Expedition Members & Threats
- Treasure Hunt Antagonists
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs as Kraski, driven by greed and paranoia, makes the desperate, soli…
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See John Peebles in i the golden lion