# Ray Pearson — Winesburg, Ohio character guide

> Ray Pearson in Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Ray

**First appearance:** 0022-the-untold-lie

## Who they are

A farmhand who once dreamed of going west to sea or to saddle, and now runs through the cornfields trying to stop a younger man from repeating his life.

## Relationships

### [Hal Winters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/characters/hal_winters)

_friendship_

Hal and Ray are fellow farm workers who share a tense, philosophical conversation about marriage and freedom.

### [Hal Winters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/characters/hal_winters)

_friendship_

Hal and Ray are fellow farm workers who share a tense, philosophical conversation about marriage and freedom.

### [Hal Winters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/characters/hal_winters)

_friendship_

Hal and Ray are fellow farm workers who share a tense, philosophical conversation about marriage and freedom.

## In the story

### [The Untold Lie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/chapters/the-untold-lie)

A quiet, serious farmhand in his fifties, burdened by a hard life and an unhappy marriage. He is asked by Hal for advice about marriage but cannot bring himself to answer.

## Links

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