Who is Ernest Everhard from The Iron Heel and what is their importance? The_Iron_Heel English & Literature Ernest Everhard | The Iron Heel

Everhard is Avis's husband, and as idealistically portrayed by his wife, comes across as strong-willed, highly intelligent and articulate, and both physically and mentally powerful. There is the sense that in creating this portrait of him, Avis is striving to present him to future generations as the hero of the Revolution. While the footnotes tend to debunk and/or undercut this somewhat transparent attempt at idealization, they also acknowledge that he was, at least, an important strategist and philosopher in the revolutionary cause. Meanwhile, in the introduction, Everhard is described as a representative of the views and ideology of the author.