Player Piano
Player PianoKurt Vonnegut
Characters in Player Piano
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Paul Proteus
A thirty-five-year-old engineer and manager of the Ilium Works who grows uneasy with the automated system he helps run.
Supporting characters
Ed Finnerty
Paul's old friend and fellow engineer, who walked away from the system and pushes Paul to question it.
Anita Proteus
Paul's ambitious wife, who measures success by his standing in the managerial class.
James J. Lasher
A minister drawn into the circle of dissenters around Finnerty.
Kroner (Player Piano)
Paul's powerful superior in the Ilium management hierarchy, who has high expectations of him.
Shah of Bratpuhr
A visiting spiritual leader touring America to see its industrial system, whose outsider's eye frames the satire.