Saadat Hasan Manto is a great literary figure of Urdu language and literature. He is a versatile writer who has penned in many genres but chiefly he is admired for subtlety in weaving of short stories. He enjoys unmatched popularity in story writing that his name and Urdu short story has become synonymous. Manto has time and again drags his personal traits in his stories. This article is a study of Manto's person as a character of his short stories.