McCaslinsInRET

The second McCaslin to appear in the fictions is "Uncle Buck McCaslin" (21). He is a testy old man who shouts his words, speaks in a lower class vernacular, and chews tobacco which runs out of his mouth into his beard. His role in the story is to erect a rhetorical statue of John Sartoris. His 'title' of "Uncle" is not explained, nor is there any mention of his larger family. It seems clear that Faulkner has not brought the idea of "the McCaslins" into any kind of focus.