Unnamed Country Man
Text:
Character Key:
Display Name:
Unnamed Country Man
Sort Name:
Unnamed Country Man
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Lower Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Production
Specific Job:
Oil Company Worker
First Mentioned:
Origin:
Yoknapatawpha
Biography:
This "young man" who moves from the country into Jefferson during World War I is identified as "steady" and "exemplary," poor but with "a desire to get on" (72). He has a wife, who is pregnant with their third child, when he is drafted and sent overseas, where he serves as "a company cook in the S.O.S." [Supply Service]. In his absence the Red Cross and Narcissa Benbow "took charge of the family."
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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