# Bob Carmody — The Virginian character guide

> Bob Carmody in The Virginian by Owen Wister.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Poor Bob Carmody, Bob, poor Bob, Bob Carmody

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-when-you-call-me-that-smile

## Who they are

A cowboy who gets into a fight with the Virginian over a card game.

## In the story

### [The Spinster Loses Some Sleep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_virginian_se/chapters/xxxiii-the-spinster-loses-some-sleep)

Forced by other children to play a game mimicking a hanging, reflecting the community's grim reality.

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