# Paddy Button — The Blue Lagoon character guide

> Paddy Button in The Blue Lagoon by H. de Vere Stacpoole.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pat, Paddy, Mr. Paddy, Croagh Patrick, Pawthrick

**First appearance:** 0001-part-i-i-where-the-slush-lamp-burns

## Who they are

The warm-hearted Irish tar whose yarns of pigs, babies, and Deal longshoremen keep two frightened children laughing through empty days at sea.

## Relationships

### [Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/dick)

_family_

Paddy Button is Dick's uncle, acting as a surrogate father figure on the island.

### [Mr. Button](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/mr_button)

_family_

Mr. Button and Paddy Button are brothers, sharing a familial bond.

### [Emmeline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/emmeline)

_family_

Paddy Button is Emmeline's uncle, caring for her after her father's death.

### [Captain Le Farge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/captain_le_farge)

_social_

Captain Le Farge and Paddy Button have a passing acquaintance from sea voyages.

### [Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/dick)

_family_

Paddy Button is Dick's uncle, acting as a surrogate father figure on the island.

### [Mr. Button](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/mr_button)

_family_

Mr. Button and Paddy Button are brothers, sharing a familial bond.

### [Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/dick)

_family_

Paddy Button is Dick's uncle, acting as a surrogate father figure on the island.

### [Emmeline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/emmeline)

_family_

Paddy Button is Emmeline's uncle, caring for her after her father's death.

### [Emmeline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/emmeline)

_family_

Paddy Button is Emmeline's uncle, caring for her after her father's death.

### [Mr. Button](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/mr_button)

_family_

Mr. Button and Paddy Button are brothers, sharing a familial bond.

## In the story

### [Book I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/book-i)

Appears as a member of the ship's company, involved in the events.

### [I: Where the Slush Lamp Burns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-i-i-where-the-slush-lamp-burns)

Referred to as 'Pawthrick' and 'Left-handed Pat,' he is the same as Mr. Button, a superstitious and seasoned sailor.

### [II: Under the Stars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-i-ii-under-the-stars)

Mentioned as the one who usually finds Emmeline's lost box, noted for his appeal to children despite often doing the wrong thing in adult eyes.

### [V: Voices Heard in the Mist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-i-v-voices-heard-in-the-mist)

Mentions Paddy's earlier stampede of the crew, which Captain Le Farge resents, but Paddy is not present in the dinghy.

### [Story of the Pig and the Billy-Goat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-i-vii-story-of-the-pig-and-the-billy-goat)

Tells the story of the pig and the billy-goat, and later makes a tent with the sail for the children.

### [IX: Shadows in the Moonlight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-i-ix-shadows-in-the-moonlight)

Referred to as Paddy, he cares for the children and is lost in nostalgic thoughts of Connemara.

### [XVIII: The Rat Hunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-iii-xviii-the-rat-hunt)

Suffers from delirium tremens after a week of heavy drinking, hallucinating rats and a horse.

### [XIX: Starlight on the Foam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-iii-xix-starlight-on-the-foam)

Referenced as the same person as Mr. Button; his drunken swim is described.

### [XX: The Dreamer on the Reef](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-iii-xx-the-dreamer-on-the-reef)

Absent at the start; his coat and tinder box are left on the sand; eventually spotted on the reef by Dick.

### [XXI: The Garland of Flowers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/chapters/part-iii-xxi-the-garland-of-flowers)

Found dead on the reef, his face partially destroyed by rock larvae, a crab emerging from his mouth.

## Links

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