A fellow worker and the town sad sack, Fentwood is a born loser if ever there was one. While he does everything in his power to keep his head down and maintain his dignity in the face of overwhelming misfortune, nothing ever goes right for him, and he’s basically been conditioned to expect the worst. To that end, he spends far more of his time than he’d prefer trying to keep Gav in check, lest his revolutionary impulses serve to blow back on the other workers and make things worse for them than they already are.  (Dialogues 38)