# The White Feather — Character guide

> Key figures in The White Feather by P. G. Wodehouse.

- [Sheen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/sheen.md): Sheen is a senior boy whose rank in the sixth form sits uneasily beside his failure to stand with Drummond when the town boys rush the school. He argues himself into a statesmanlike defense, then watches it collapse bric
- [Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/drummond.md): Drummond is the kind of Wrykyn senior whose instinct is to run toward trouble, and he does it without a word of reproach when Sheen fails to follow. His swollen, cut knuckle in the study scene says more than any accusati
- [Linton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/linton.md): Linton treats the senior day-room's tribunal over Sheen's disgrace as a comic set-piece, puncturing Clayton's pomposity and refusing to let Stanning run the proceedings unchallenged. He is the friend who fetches Sheen do
- [Joe Bevan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/joe_bevan.md): Joe Bevan gave up fighting when he found he was getting on, and now trains young chaps at an inn up the river, sizing up Sheen's courage the moment he sees him stand up to Albert. His pitch to Sheen is practical and unse
- [Stanning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/stanning.md): Stanning sits on the table in the senior day-room, directs Clayton through the court-martial, and cuts off Linton's ragging with a curt 'we haven't much time.' He is the house's enforcer of its own code, less cruel than 
- [Jack Bruce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/jack_bruce.md): Jack Bruce is the practical friend who drives Sheen to Joe Bevan's gymnasium while canvassing cottagers for his father's campaign, roping in old voters who would never stir for an ordinary cart. He is curious, good-humor
- [Spence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/spence.md): A master at Wrykyn who interacts with the students.
- [Dunstable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/dunstable.md): A Wrykyn student who goes up the river with Linton.
- [Albert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/albert.md): Albert belongs to the town crowd that clashes with the school, and his charge through the fight sends Barry staggering while Sheen slips away. Cheerful, battered, and utterly unbothered, he embodies the rough courage She
- [The Tonbridgian](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/tonbridgian.md): A student from Tonbridge School who briefly interacts with Sheen.
- [Allardyce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/allardyce.md): A Wrykyn student and member of the school community.
- [Ripton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/ripton.md): Known as Peteiro, he is the punishing Ripton fighter who once left Drummond limping and battered after the Featherweights. His feared name resurfaces in the Field's match report, quietly wrecking Stanning's plans and res
- [The Headmaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/headmaster.md): The headmaster of Wrykyn School, a figure of authority.
- [Jackson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/jackson.md): A student or staff member at Wrykyn with limited appearances.
- [Frank Hunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/frank_hunt.md): A character involved in the school's social circles.
- [Clayton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/clayton.md): A student at Wrykyn with minor narrative presence.
- [Dexter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/dexter.md): A master or adult figure at Wrykyn.
- [Barry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/barry.md): A minor character in the school setting.
- [Tomlin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/tomlin.md): A minor character in the school setting.
- [Painter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/painter.md): A minor character with a few mentions.

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