# Consumptive Mitrofan — The Village character guide

> Consumptive Mitrofan in The Village by Ivan Bunin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mitrofan

**First appearance:** 0001-the-village

## Who they are

A sickly character, possibly a villager, with limited appearances.

## Relationships

### [Akim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/characters/akim)

_social_

Akim and Consumptive Mitrofan are fellow villagers who share a bond of suffering and illness.

### [Akim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/characters/akim)

_social_

Akim and Consumptive Mitrofan are fellow villagers who share a bond of suffering and illness.

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-ii-ix)

A sickly watchman with tuberculosis, stoic and resigned to his fate.

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-ii-x)

Engages in a heated argument with Akim about poverty and work, revealing the harsh economic realities of the peasantry.

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