The Sirens of Titan Character Analysis

Malachi Constant / Unk / the Space Wanderer

Malachi Constant is the novel’s main character. Born in Los Angeles, California, to self-made billionaire Noel Constant and prostitute Florence Whitehill, as an adult Malachi is the richest man in the U.S. His childhood… read analysis of Malachi Constant / Unk / the Space Wanderer

Winston Niles Rumfoord

Winston Niles Rumfoord is a wealthy member of the American elite class who lives on a magnificent and eccentric estate in Newport, Rhode Island. He is married to Beatrice, but they hate each other… read analysis of Winston Niles Rumfoord

Mrs. Beatrice Rumfoord/Bee

Beatrice, an elegant but haughty woman, is Winston Niles Rumfoord’s wife. She hates him, and her hatred intensifies after Winston enters the chrono-synclastic infundibulum and begins delivering prophecies about the future. Beatrice is horrified… read analysis of Mrs. Beatrice Rumfoord/Bee

Chrono

Chrono is the son of Malachi and Beatrice. He is conceived on the journey between Earth and Mars and grows up on Mars. A disaffected child, he is classified as a “juvenile delinquent,” but… read analysis of Chrono

Salo

Salo is a messenger from the planet Tralfamadore whose ship breaks down while he is delivering a message across the universe, leaving him stranded on Titan for 200,000 years. Salo has a strange appearance, with… read analysis of Salo

Boaz

Boaz is a real commander of the Martian Army, meaning that he has the ability to directly control others through their antennae while remaining undercover among the troops. A young black man, Boaz was an… read analysis of Boaz

Stony Stevenson

Stony Stevenson is an Englishman conscripted into the Martian Army. A real commander (like Boaz), Stony becomes disillusioned with the army after he realizes it is doomed to fail in the war against Earth… read analysis of Stony Stevenson

Noel Constant

Noel Constant is Malachi’s father. A self-made billionaire, he founds his company, Magnum Opus, when he is 39 and a “business failure.” He begins investing according to an “idiotically simple” strategy of choosing companies to… read analysis of Noel Constant

Minor Characters

Ransom K. Fern

Ransom K. Fern is a young alumnus of Harvard Business School who asks Noel for the job of president of Magnum Opus. Noel gives it to him, and Fern runs the company until it is driven into bankruptcy.

Florence Whitehill

Florence is a hotel maid whom Noel Constant pays to have sex with him once every 10 days. Noel ends up getting Florence pregnant with Malachi.

Sergeant Harry Brackman

Sergeant Harry Brackman is a soldier in the Martian Army. Before he was conscripted, his name was Francis J. Thompson. He survives the war between Earth and Mars and ends up working in one of the concession stands of the Church of God the Utterly Indifferent.

Rev. C. Horner Redwine

The Rev. C. Horner Redwine is one of the religious leaders of the Church of God the Utterly Indifferent.

Miss Isabel Fernstermaker

Miss Fernstermaker is Chrono’s teacher on Mars.

George M. Helmholtz

Hemholtz is an agent of the Martian Army who recruits people in disguise.

Roberta Wiley

Wiley is another recruiter for the Martian Army.

Butler/Earl Moncrief

Mr. and Mrs. Rumfoord’s butler (who is not named as Earl Moncrief until the end of the novel) makes a fortune in the Martian-Earthling war.

Kazak

Winston Rumfoord’s dog. Rumfoord has Kazak with him when he enters the chrono-synclastic infundibulum and materializes back on Earth with the dog once every 59 days.