Sheriff Hub

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Sun, 2018-01-14 13:01
Text: 
"An Error in Chemistry"
Character Key: 
Sheriff Hampton 2
Display Name: 
Sheriff Hub
Sort Name: 
Hub, Sheriff
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Major
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
County Sheriff
First Mentioned: 
Flints' House in "An Error in Chemistry" (Location)
Other Texts: 
Intruder in the Dust
The Mansion
The Town
Biography: 

The sheriff of Yoknapatawpha in this story has the first name "Hub." He isn't given a last name, but it's very likely that he is one of the three Hampton's who serve as county sheriff in the fictions - one of the two nicknamed Hub (short for Hubert) - and the Hub Hampton who also appears in Intruder in the Dust (1948), The Town (1957) and The Mansion (1960). A friend of Gavin Stevens, he is described as "a big man with little hard eyes" (116). He has been the sheriff "off and on" for quite a while and likes to quote the Bible when talking with Gavin (115). According to the narrator, the Sheriff speaks and moves "with that deliberate, slightly florid, old-fashioned courtesy which only big men can wear, except that his was constant" (128).

Note: 
religious, law, murder, crime
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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