# Rebel George — You Can’t Win character guide

> Rebel George in You Can’t Win by Jack Black.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** George

**First appearance:** 0008-vi

## Who they are

A character known as Rebel George.

## Relationships

### [The Sanctimonious Kid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/the_sanctimonious_kid)

_friendship_

Rebel George and the Sanctimonious Kid are loyal friends and partners in crime.

### [Gold Tooth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/gold_tooth)

_rivalry_

Gold Tooth and Rebel George are antagonists, often clashing over territory or respect.

### [Johnnie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/johnnie)

_friendship_

Johnnie and Rebel George are allies, often working together in their criminal endeavors.

### [Mary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/mary)

_rivalry_

Mary and Rebel George are at odds, with Rebel George opposing Mary's influence over Johnnie.

### [Judge Powers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/judge_powers)

_rivalry_

Judge Powers is a legal adversary to Rebel George, representing the law against crime.

### [Shorty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/shorty)

_friendship_

Rebel George and Shorty are companions, often seen together in their criminal activities.

### [Gold Tooth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/gold_tooth)

_rivalry_

Gold Tooth and Rebel George are antagonists, often clashing over territory or respect.

### [The Sanctimonious Kid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/the_sanctimonious_kid)

_friendship_

Rebel George and the Sanctimonious Kid are loyal friends and partners in crime.

### [The Sanctimonious Kid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/the_sanctimonious_kid)

_friendship_

Rebel George and the Sanctimonious Kid are loyal friends and partners in crime.

### [Shorty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/shorty)

_friendship_

Rebel George and Shorty are companions, often seen together in their criminal activities.

### [Shorty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/shorty)

_friendship_

Rebel George and Shorty are companions, often seen together in their criminal activities.

### [Johnnie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/characters/johnnie)

_friendship_

Johnnie and Rebel George are allies, often working together in their criminal endeavors.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/iv)

Jack's cellmate in the upper tier of the prison; he advises Jack and later Jack learns he is a distinguished criminal.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/vi)

The narrator's father; listens to his son's story, gives a fatalistic farewell, and disappears from his life.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/viii)

The narrator; arrested and jailed after Smiler's death, follows Smiler's advice to remain silent.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/ix)

One of Jack's cellmates who, along with Sanc and Johnnie, controls the prison inside and embodies the underworld code of character.

### [The Four-Thousand-Dollar Haul and the Yegg Convention](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/x)

Mentioned as Foot-and-a-Half George; Mary asks about him and he is to be visited in prison.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/xiii)

Mentioned as the inventor of the goldbrick swindle; Sanc quotes his advice on self-deception.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/xiv)

A reformed bunko man who befriends Black, returns his money, and later starts a legitimate business at age sixty.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/xiv)

George Dixon, the little colored champion fighter, whose money Black steals in a hotel burglary in San Francisco.

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/xv)

Jack's mentor in safe-cracking; a methodical thief who abhors murder and enforces a strict code. He is past fifty and shows no desire to quit his trade.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/xvi)

Foot-and-a-Half George is mentioned in the narrator's stories to other travelers, recounting his finish and the narrator's getaway.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/xix)

Hannibal, an old acquaintance, knew of Jack Black's connection to Foot-and-a-Half George, who was killed.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/xxiv)

Foot-and-a-Half George is reported dead by Black.

## Links

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