# Harper — The Jungle character guide

> Harper in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bush Harper

**First appearance:** 0022-xxi

## Who they are

A detective and political operative working for the packers.

## Relationships

### [Jurgis Rudkus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_se/characters/jurgis_rudkus)

_professional_

Harper is a foreman at the packing plant who fires Jurgis after he is injured, exemplifying the callousness of industrial employers.

### [Jurgis Rudkus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_se/characters/jurgis_rudkus)

_professional_

Harper is a foreman at the packing plant who fires Jurgis after he is injured, exemplifying the callousness of industrial employers.

## In the story

### [Chapter XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_se/chapters/xxv)

Bush Harper, the former nightwatchman at Brown's, is now a union man secretly paid by the packers to report on union activities; he offers Jurgis a paid position in Packingtown.

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