# Joseph — The Way of All Flesh character guide

> Joseph in The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Joey, Joe King

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Who they are

A servant or acquaintance of the Pontifex family.

## Relationships

### [Ernest Pontifex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/characters/ernest_pontifex)

_professional_

A servant in the Pontifex household who interacts with Ernest during his childhood, representing the class divide.

### [Ernest Pontifex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/characters/ernest_pontifex)

_professional_

A servant in the Pontifex household who interacts with Ernest during his childhood, representing the class divide.

## In the story

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/xx)

The second son, born about twelve months after Ernest.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/xxii)

Ernest's brother, can pronounce 'come' correctly, used as a contrast by Theobald.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/xxiv)

Ernest's brother Joey, who would side with Charlotte in telling on Ernest.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/xxvi)

Referenced as Joey, one of Christina's sons, included in her anxious parting glance.

### [LXXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/lxxxiii)

Now ordained and curate to Theobald, cold and unsympathetic toward Ernest.

### [LXXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/lxxxvi)

Married with a family, rarely interacts with Ernest, and was fiercer in his dislike of their father than Ernest.

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