Travel Essays · Character
Mr. Jones
An acquaintance or fellow traveler in the narrative.
minor
Also known as Jones, Meantime Jones
First appearance: an inland voyage
Mr. Jones shows up with force in The Second Cabin. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The narrator's excellent friend; a Welsh blacksmith who has been to sea, now a widower and impoverished, but forward-looking.
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In The Second Cabin: The narrator's excellent friend; a Welsh blacksmith who has been to sea, now a widower and impoverished, but forward-looking. Later, in Steerage Scenes: Accompanies the narrator on a late visit to…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Camisard and Religious Figures
- Miscellaneous Travel Acquaintances
- Extended Cast of Travels and History
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- The Second Cabin
- Steerage Scenes
- The Sick Man
- Personal Experience and Review
- New York
- Across the Plains
- Last of Smethurst
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