Uncle Ike McCaslin
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Uncle Ike McCaslin
Sort Name:
McCaslin, Uncle Ike
AKA:
Isaac McCaslin
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
McCaslin
Family (new):
Occupation:
Sales and Service
Specific Job:
Store Owner
First Mentioned:
Origin:
Yoknapatawpha County
Other Texts:
Biography:
"Uncle Ike McCaslin," as he is called in this story (121, 129, 134), appears in many Yoknapatawpha texts. Most readers of Faulkner think of Ike in the woods with Sam Fathers and the bear, where he also struggles with the moral legacy of the McCaslin fortune. In this story, however, as in Faulkner's last three novels - The Town (1957), The Mansion (1960) and The Reivers (1962) - he is the owner of the hardware store in Jefferson. He sells the cream separator to Pap for $27.65 and, later, the same separator to Mammy for the same price.
Note:
Ike McCaslin is one of the most important characters in Faulkner's <em>Go Down, Moses</em> and in the short stories of <em>Big Woods</em>. In "fool About a Horse," however, Faulkner has not yet.conceived of him in this later role.
Property Status:
owns business
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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