Who is The First Man's Friend from Exercises in Style and what is their importance? Exercises_in_Style English & Literature The First Man's Friend | Exercises in Style

This character appears in the latter section of the story, and is most frequently described as being similar in visual character to the young man. He is dressed in a similar way that suggests to various narrators (and therefore to the reader) that the two young men are of similar character: dandyish and superficial. The Friend is portrayed as telling the young man, often in terms that come across as being rather lecture-like, that the button on his coat is in the wrong place.