Anse Holland
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Anse Holland
Sort Name:
Holland, Anse
AKA:
"Old Man Anse"
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Management
Specific Job:
Landlord
First Mentioned:
Other Texts:
Biography:
"Old Man" Anse Holland owns the farm on which Pap, Mammy, and the boy live and work. He seems not to notice Pap's pilfering of old broken tools and materials. At the end of the story, he declines to lend Pap "a mule to finish the lower piece with" (134).
Note:
A father and son pair, both named Anse Holland, appear in the short story, "Smoke." A "Holland" serves as foreman of the jury in "Tomorrow."
Property Status:
owns land
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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