# Frenchy — The Shadow Line character guide

> Frenchy in The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Poor Frenchy

**First appearance:** 0004-the-shadow-line

## Who they are

A sailor who dies early in the story, prompting the narrator's promotion.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Burns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_shadow_line_se/characters/mr_burns)

_professional_

Frenchy and Mr. Burns have a strained professional relationship, with Frenchy often caught in the tension caused by Mr. Burns's erratic behavior.

### [Mr. Burns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_shadow_line_se/characters/mr_burns)

_professional_

Frenchy and Mr. Burns have a strained professional relationship, with Frenchy often caught in the tension caused by Mr. Burns's erratic behavior.

### [Mr. Burns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_shadow_line_se/characters/mr_burns)

_professional_

Frenchy and Mr. Burns have a strained professional relationship, with Frenchy often caught in the tension caused by Mr. Burns's erratic behavior.

## In the story

### [The Shadow of Annihilation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_shadow_line_se/chapters/v)

A short, gingery man with a Punch-like nose and chin, noted for his comic aspect; his name is unexplained.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_shadow_line_se/chapters/vi)

Insists on joining the watch, lies down on the poop despite his delusion of strength.

## Links

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