# Dick Humbird — This Side of Paradise character guide

> Dick Humbird in This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Humbird, Dick Humbird, the quiet Humbird, Dick

**First appearance:** 0005-ii-spires-and-gargoyles

## Who they are

A popular and tragic Princeton classmate of Amory.

## In the story

### [Spires and Gargoyles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/chapters/ii-spires-and-gargoyles)

Killed in a car accident under an arc-light.

### [The Egotist Considers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/chapters/iii-the-egotist-considers)

Appears as a ghostly vision during Amory's nightmarish walk in New York, symbolizing guilt and mortality.

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