# Lieutenant Jones — What’s Wrong with the World character guide

> Lieutenant Jones in What’s Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jones, the irrational Jones

**First appearance:** 0001-what-s-wrong-with-the-world

## Who they are

A military figure used in allegory to represent the common soldier or citizen.

## In the story

### [XI: The Homelessness of Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/xi-the-homelessness-of-jones)

The irrational Jones who represents the common man repeatedly denied a home by successive tyrannies.

### [The Insane Necessity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/iv-the-insane-necessity)

Used as an example in a hypothetical mess-room conversation to illustrate that military rank does not imply moral or intellectual superiority.

### [A Doubt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/iv-a-doubt)

Jones is the common man walking the streets, homeless and looking sadly at the barriers guarding the house that is his.

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