# John Howe — There Is Confusion character guide

> John Howe in There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** John, Mr. Howe

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

A businessman and acquaintance of the Marshall family.

## Relationships

### [Maggie Ellersley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/characters/maggie_ellersley)

_professional_

John Howe is a colleague and employer who provides Maggie with opportunities in the arts.

### [Maggie Ellersley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/characters/maggie_ellersley)

_professional_

John Howe is a colleague and employer who provides Maggie with opportunities in the arts.

### [Maggie Ellersley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/characters/maggie_ellersley)

_professional_

John Howe is a colleague and employer who provides Maggie with opportunities in the arts.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/chapters/viii)

A trainman who rents a room from Mrs. Ellersley and takes a proprietary interest in the household. He helps fix up the rooms and later falls ill with typhoid fever, during which Maggie nurses him.

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/chapters/xxxi)

Now a reverend, he visits Maggie and arranges for her YMCA position in France.

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