Aunt Jenny

Elsewhere in Faulkner's texts, Aunt Jenny is the maternal head of the present-day Sartoris family, and even in this story she emerges as a no-nonsense, rather imperious presence whom Johnny might seek to manipulate in his letters but obviously cannot ignore. In one letter, she orders him home from the "Yankee" war (531), indicating that for her the only war that matters was the Civil War - which is not over yet.