# Old Johnson — Walden character guide

> Old Johnson in Walden by Henry David Thoreau.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0013-former-inhabitants-and-winter-visitors

## Who they are

An elderly neighbor who visited Thoreau and told stories of the past.

## Relationships

### [Wyman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/walden_se/characters/wyman)

_social_

Old Johnson and Wyman are elderly, poor neighbors whose lives are observed by Thoreau as part of the local fabric.

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