# Jackson — The Iron Heel character guide

> Jackson in The Iron Heel by Jack London.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-jackson-s-arm

## Who they are

A meek mill hand whose arm is chewed off by machinery just before whistle-blow, and whose lost damage suit becomes a quiet indictment.

## Relationships

### [Colonel Van Gilbert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/colonel_van_gilbert)

_professional_

Colonel Van Gilbert employs Jackson as a servant or assistant, with a master-servant dynamic.

### [Ernest Everhard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/ernest_everhard)

_social_

Jackson is a working-class man who interacts with Everhard as a fellow laborer or acquaintance.

### [Hartman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/hartman)

_professional_

Hartman and Jackson share a master-servant or employer-employee relationship within the capitalist system.

### [Bishop Morehouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/bishop_morehouse)

_social_

Bishop Morehouse interacts with Jackson as a kind clergyman with a working-class acquaintance.

### [Ernest Everhard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/ernest_everhard)

_social_

Jackson is a working-class man who interacts with Everhard as a fellow laborer or acquaintance.

### [Colonel Van Gilbert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/colonel_van_gilbert)

_professional_

Colonel Van Gilbert employs Jackson as a servant or assistant, with a master-servant dynamic.

### [Ernest Everhard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/ernest_everhard)

_social_

Jackson is a working-class man who interacts with Everhard as a fellow laborer or acquaintance.

### [Colonel Van Gilbert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/characters/colonel_van_gilbert)

_professional_

Colonel Van Gilbert employs Jackson as a servant or assistant, with a master-servant dynamic.

## In the story

### [III: Jackson's Arm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/chapters/iii-jackson-s-arm)

The injured worker, meek and bitter, who lost his arm and his lawsuit.

### [Slaves of the Machine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/chapters/iv-slaves-of-the-machine)

Jackson's maimed arm is the central symbol of exploitation; Avis cannot escape the thought of his suffering.

### [XIX: Transformation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iron_heel_se/chapters/xix-transformation)

Lost his arm at Sierra Mills, became an anarchist, blew up the Pertonwaithe palace, and suffocated himself in prison.

## Links

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