# The Walls of Jericho — Character guide

> Key figures in The Walls of Jericho by Rudolph Fisher.

- [Pat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/pat.md): A big, feared street fighter called Shine, whose reputation for hardness hides a terror of being seen as soft, especially by the woman who reads him clearest.
- [Linda Young](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/linda.md): Sharp-tongued and self-aware, she calls out the wall of false hardness around the man she loves while confessing the lies she tells herself about wanting him.
- [Miss Agatha Cramp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/agatha_cramp.md): A formidable presence in the novel's social world, Miss Cramp moves through the story with the weight of respectability and the complications it brings.
- [Fred Merrit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/fred_merrit.md): A man whose burned house and stricken figure haunt the story's memory, Merrit stands at the center of a wrong that demands answering.
- [Bubber Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/bubber_brown.md): A lively storyteller in the neighborhood circle, Bubber retells the Jericho sermon with comic flair, turning scripture into street-corner philosophy.
- [Jinx Jenkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/jinx_jenkins.md): Bubber's partner in talk and mischief, Jinx trades the Jericho story with him, their banter carrying the novel's folk wisdom and humor.
- [Henry Patmore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/henry_patmore.md): Patmore moves through Harlem as a man others step around, his size and temper doing the work of a reputation he never has to fully earn. When Linda invokes Father Tod's sermon on Jericho, she names the wall around him: n
- [Mrs. Arabella Fuller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/mrs_fuller.md): Mrs. Fuller occupies a place in the novel's social world where respectability and gossip carry real weight, and her opinions about who is behaving well and who is not ripple outward. She represents the pressure of commun
- [Nora Byle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/nora_byle.md): Nora Byle belongs to the interconnected world of Harlem families whose ties—by blood, marriage, and long acquaintance—determine who trusts whom. The nickname Honey suggests a sweetness that others rely on, but the novel'
- [Tod Bruce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/tod_bruce.md): A minor character in the novel.
- [Joshua Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/joshua_jones.md): A minor character, also referred to as Joshua Jones.
- [J. Pennington Potter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/j_pennington_potter.md): A minor character, possibly a lawyer or official.
- [Noel Dunn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/noel_dunn.md): A minor character, possibly part of the Dunn family.
- [Mr. Shine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/mr_shine.md): A minor character, possibly related to Pat.
- [Tony Nayle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/tony_nayle.md): A minor character, described as debonair.
- [The Hon. Buckram Byle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_walls_of_jericho_se/characters/buckram_byle.md): A minor character, possibly a politician.

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