# Father Roubeau — The Son of the Wolf character guide

> Father Roubeau in The Son of the Wolf by Jack London.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Father

**First appearance:** 0005-the-priestly-prerogative

## Snapshot

A Catholic missionary whose confessional has heard the North's darkest secrets, Father Roubeau finds in Malemute Kid a rare soul he trusts enough to unburden himself.

## Who they are

Father Roubeau tends to the spiritual needs of the Northland's scattered souls, a priest whose authority is tempered by the wilderness's indifference to doctrine. That even he has been known to confess to Malemute Kid speaks to the peculiar moral economy of the frontier, where a prospector's wisdom can rival a clergyman's. His presence reminds the reader that the North's isolation reshapes not only men's fortunes but the very structures of faith and community.

## Relationships

### [Clyde Wharton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/characters/clyde_wharton)

_friendship_

Clyde Wharton and Father Roubeau are friends and traveling companions, sharing a bond of mutual assistance.

### [Clyde Wharton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/characters/clyde_wharton)

_friendship_

Clyde Wharton and Father Roubeau are friends and traveling companions, sharing a bond of mutual assistance.

## In the story

### [The Men of Forty-Mile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/chapters/the-men-of-forty-mile)

Attempts to mediate the quarrel and accompanies the men to the waterhole.

### [To the Man on Trail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/chapters/to-the-man-on-trail)

The Jesuit priest who performed the marriage ceremony for Mason and Ruth; he cannot lie and tells the policeman that Westondale left a quarter of an hour ago.

### [The Priestly Prerogative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/chapters/the-priestly-prerogative)

A Jesuit priest who struggles with guilt over a lie he told to send a woman back to her husband.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/chapters/i)

Referenced in a story about the Strange One; he provided grub to the man but could not spare dogs.

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