Joel Flint

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Sun, 2018-01-14 12:40
Text: 
"An Error in Chemistry"
Character Key: 
Joel Flint
Display Name: 
Joel Flint
Sort Name: 
Flint, Joel
AKA: 
Signor Canova
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Major
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Other
Specific Job: 
Carnival Performer, Farmer
First Mentioned: 
Wesley Pritchel's House in "An Error in Chemistry" (Location)
Home: 
Flints' House in "An Error in Chemistry" (Location)
Origin: 
The North
Biography: 

Joel Flint used to work in carnivals. At one point he was known as Signor Canova, a master of illusion. After abandoning the Canova persona, Flint started working in other circuses, serving as "bandsman, ringman, Bornean wild man" (134). Eventually, his role in traveling carnivals was as a pitch man with a "roulette wheel wired against imitation watches and pistols which would not shoot" (134). His carnival came to Yoknapatawpha County, and when the show packed up and left, Flint stayed on and married Ellie Pritchell, the "dim-witted spinster" daughter of misanthrope Wesley Prichell (113). Due to his circus experience, Flint is a master of disguise; he is also fearless, a killer, and vain enough to think he is smarter than everyone else.

Note: 
con man, murder
Financial Status: 
poor (controls limited wealth)
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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