What’s Wrong with the World · Character
Lieutenant Jones
A military figure used in allegory to represent the common soldier or citizen.
minor
Also known as Jones, the irrational Jones
First appearance: what s wrong with the world
Lieutenant Jones shows up with force in XI: The Homelessness of Jones. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The irrational Jones who represents the common man repeatedly denied a home by successive tyrannies.
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In XI: The Homelessness of Jones: The irrational Jones who represents the common man repeatedly denied a home by successive tyrannies. Later, in The Insane Necessity: Used as an example in a hypothetical mess-room…
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The emotional and psychological peak occurs when Chesterton confesses his shame at realizing "comparatively la…
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