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Jonathan Small is the main antagonist of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Sign of the Four. He is a peg-legged man who has an accomplice in his loyal friend Tonga.
Small came from a poor family in England. He joined the army, and served in India. During that time, he was swimming in a river when a crocodile bit his leg off, leaving him crippled. He was saved by another soldier, who was the best swimmer in the regiment. Later Small worked on a plantation as an overseer, and during the Indian mutiny of 1857 his friends were killed and he was forced to flee to Agra to save himself.
At Agra, Small was charged as a guard. Two Sikhs, on duty with him, took him hostage and told him of their plan to kill a merchant of Raja, who was to arrive shortly carrying a treasure box full of jewels. If he refused to join them they would kill him. They promised there was no danger to the fort at Agra which was under seige and Smalls' duty to defend. Given these facts Small readily agreed.
Small, the two men and a third Sikh killed the merchant, hid the treasure, and drew a map with the four signing as the Sign of Four, and pledging an alliance to always act in the best interests of the four.
Their plan was ruined when the body of the victim was discovered although the treasure was not found. The three Sikhs (Singh, Akbar and Khan) were sentenced to serve life in jail, while Small was at first sentence to death. This was later commuted to hard labor for life in the Andaman Islands.
In the prison, Small overheard two officers of guard, Arthur Morstan and John Sholto talking about their gambling losses and how they may have to hand in their commissions and be ruined.
He told them about the treasure, and also told them that if they help him and his friends, they can have equal share amounting to £50,000 each.
Jonathan Small was an unfortunate man, followed by bad luck, which was manifested in him losing his leg, getting put in prison for a crime he was forced to commit to survive, and his plan of getting the treasure back failed. He was not evil and sadistic by nature, but he was an unfortunate man driven by fate to commit crimes. Further more his act of saving Tonga showed that he was a good man, who knew mercy and compassion, but had very bad luck in life. He ended up in prison once again at the end of novel.
Small can be compared with Victor Hugo's Jean Valjean, who also was an unfortunate man, but Valjean was at least lucky enough to die as a free man.
In diesem Kontext von Flucht, Vertreibung und Neuanfang bringt Jonathan Benjamin Small eine biografische Ebene ein und setzt sich mit der Geschichte seiner Urgroßmutter auseinander, die Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts nach einem russischen Pogrom die Stadt Odessa verlassen musste und in die USA migrierte.
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Jonathan Small is a wooden-legged man who seeks revenge on Major Sholto for the theft of the Agra treasure. He is one of the four original men who acquired the treasure in India and was betrayed by Sholto.
The only further clue Mary can give Holmes is a map of a fortress found in her father's desk, appended with the words "The Sign of the Four: Jonathan Small, Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan, Dost Akbar," and four small cross-like symbols.
Jonathan Small is the wooden-legged man who seeks vengeance on Major Sholto for the theft of the Agra treasure. He is one of “the four” original men who acquired the treasure and has a loyal companion, Tonga.
