# Pudge Jamieson — The Plastic Age character guide

> Pudge Jamieson in The Plastic Age by Percy Marks.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pudge

**First appearance:** 0005-iv

## Who they are

A plump, horn-rimmed prodigy who rates an A without trying, Pudge Jamieson runs the dorm seminar like a one-man faculty and hoards the college's most notorious library of erotica.

## Relationships

### [Hugh Carver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_plastic_age_se/characters/hugh_carver)

_friendship_

Pudge is a friend and fellow student, a jovial and overweight character who is part of the group's social activities.

### [George Winsor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_plastic_age_se/characters/george_winsor)

_friendship_

George and Pudge are close friends, often seen together in the drinking and partying scenes of the novel.

### [Hugh Carver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_plastic_age_se/characters/hugh_carver)

_friendship_

Pudge is a friend and fellow student, a jovial and overweight character who is part of the group's social activities.

### [George Winsor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_plastic_age_se/characters/george_winsor)

_friendship_

George and Pudge are close friends, often seen together in the drinking and partying scenes of the novel.

## In the story

### [The Long Winter of Study](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_plastic_age_se/chapters/xi)

Leads the study seminar; known for his easy learning, humor, and collection of erotica; acts as the 'prof' quizzing the group on poetry.

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

Mentioned as one of the friends Hugh looks forward to seeing again at college.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_plastic_age_se/chapters/xvii)

After Henley's lecture, Pudge agrees with the critique, calling the students 'intellectual hypocrites.'

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_plastic_age_se/chapters/xxiv)

Joins the discussion, admits he knows little despite his Phi Beta Kappa key, and plans to attend law school.

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

Challenges Henley on the importance of athletics and college's justification.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_plastic_age_se/chapters/xxvi)

Another friend who shares Hugh's sentimental feelings about leaving Sanford.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_plastic_age_se/chapters/xxvii)

Hugh remembers Pudge rooming in Surrey Hall.

## Links

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