# Jean-Jacques Rousseau — The Social Contract character guide

> Jean-Jacques Rousseau in The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Rousseau, himself

**First appearance:** 0003-the-social-contract

## Who they are

Author and narrator; presents the theory of the social contract and general will.

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