Unnamed Boys at Airfield
Character Key Number:
2049
Display Name:
Unnamed Boys at Airfield
Sort Name:
Unnamed Boys at Airfield
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
In "Death Drag," these boys are the first to appear at the airfield when the barnstormers land there after having performed a stunt over the town. They are curious about the airplane and the aviators and ask questions that the adults can't or won't. Noticing that "two of the strangers were of a different race from themselves," one asks the "limping man" who turns out to be Ginsfarb, "Were you in the war?" (188). They accompany barnstormers into town, where a boy repeats the question, assuming that the limp is the result of a war injury (192).