Who is Elias Jonas-Sessions from How Green Was My Valley and what is their importance? How_Green_Was_My_Valley English & Literature Elias Jonas-Sessions | How Green Was My Valley

Elijah Jonas-Sessions is Huw's first schoolmaster at the National School. He is described as an evil, bigoted man, who hates the Welsh and demands that his students speak English. Mr. Jonas whips Huw severely as a punishment for fighting. After Huw is tutored in the art of fighting, he tries to fight the same boy, an act that results Jonas putting Huw over the boy's back where he brutally whips him.