# Kory-Kory — Typee character guide > Kory-Kory in Typee by Herman Melville. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Kory, Kory - Kory **First appearance:** 0011-ix ## Snapshot The narrator's tattooed, tirelessly devoted Typee attendant, who carries him on his back, feeds him, and lights his pipe with a fire-plough. ## Who they are Kory-Kory attaches himself to the ailing narrator with a loyalty so total it becomes both comfort and captivity, tending him through a mysterious illness that will not lift. His devotion is physical and constant — he bears the narrator over rough ground, feeds him morsels, and performs small rituals of care — yet his goodwill cannot dispel the deeper gloom of a stranger cut off from his own world. He embodies the valley's warmth and its limits, the human face of a hospitality the narrator can neither fully accept nor easily escape. ## Relationships ### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/characters/narrator) _friendship_ Kory-Kory serves as the narrator's devoted attendant and guide, showing constant care and loyalty. ### [Toby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/characters/toby) _friendship_ Kory-Kory interacts with Toby as a fellow member of the Typee community and helper to the narrator. ### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/characters/narrator) _friendship_ Kory-Kory serves as the narrator's devoted attendant and guide, showing constant care and loyalty. ### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/characters/narrator) _friendship_ Kory-Kory serves as the narrator's devoted attendant and guide, showing constant care and loyalty. ### [Toby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/characters/toby) _friendship_ Kory-Kory interacts with Toby as a fellow member of the Typee community and helper to the narrator. ### [Toby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/characters/toby) _friendship_ Kory-Kory interacts with Toby as a fellow member of the Typee community and helper to the narrator. ## In the story ### [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xii) Carries the narrator on his back during the journey and serves him food. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xiii) Vehemently opposes Toby's departure; delivers an elaborate oration praising the Typees and denouncing the Happars. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xiv) Devotedly attends the narrator but actively prevents him from going to the beach. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xv) Kory-Kory frequently shows his skill in using the pestle and mortar and the hobbyhorse for preparing breadfruit dishes. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xvi) Attempts to comfort the narrator with food, pipe, and antics; clings to his arm to restrain him from rushing to the beach. ### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xvii) Serves the narrator devotedly, providing constant service and companionship. ### [Chapter XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xviii) Faithful servant who carries the narrator, paddles the canoe, and is horrified at the idea of Fayaway entering the canoe. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xix) Seems to share the general disapprobation toward the narrator's wish to leave. ### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xx) Acts as the narrator's valet and entertains him with pranks. ### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxi) Provides the narrator with a divine explanation for the ancient stone terraces, claiming they were built by the gods. ### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxii) Accompanies the narrator, attempts to explain the taboo groves and the calabash monument, and helps him dress for the festival. ### [The Feast of Calabashes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxiii) Kory-Kory attempts to explain the customs to the narrator, including the leaping widows and the festival's activities, but his explanations are largely incomprehensible. ### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxiv) Explains the afterlife beliefs to the narrator, describing the warrior chief's journey to a Polynesian heaven. ### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxvi) Determined to explain marital customs to the narrator during the Feast of Calabashes. ### [The Social Condition and General Character of the Typees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxvii) Seen knocking down fruit with a long pole, illustrating communal resource use. ### [Fishing Parties and Midnight Banquets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxviii) Awakens the narrator at midnight with the news 'pehee perni' (fish come). ### [Taboo and Tattooing: The Sacred and the Profane in Typee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxx) Accompanies the narrator on a stroll and later betrays him by urging him to submit to tattooing. ### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxxi) Accompanies the narrator to the stream for bathing. ### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxxii) Devoted servant who refuses to show the narrator the contents of the mysterious packages and later urges him to leave the Ti during the warriors' return. ### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxxiii) Thwarts the narrator's escape attempts by staying alert and placing water by his mat. ### [The Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/chapters/xxxiv) The narrator's attendant, who carries him to the Ti and later receives a musket as a parting gift. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/characters/kory_kory - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/typee_se/characters