# Mr. Hawke — The Way of All Flesh character guide

> Mr. Hawke in The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0021-xix

## Who they are

A schoolmaster at Roughborough who torments Ernest.

## Relationships

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

_rivalry_

A fellow student at Cambridge who mocks and bullies Ernest, deepening his social isolation.

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

_rivalry_

A fellow student at Cambridge who mocks and bullies Ernest, deepening his social isolation.

## In the story

### [XLIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/xlix)

A well-known London Evangelical preacher who visits Cambridge and delivers a powerful sermon to the students.

### [L](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/l)

Preached the sermon that inspired Ernest's conversion; enquired about Ernest and others after the discourse.

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

Referenced as an example of evangelical energy that inspired Ernest, though Ernest now considers him a poor Low Churchman.

### [LXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/chapters/lxviii)

Not directly mentioned in excerpts; omitted.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/characters/mr_hawke
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_of_all_flesh_se/characters