Unnamed Drummer 1

Character Key Number: 
1069
Display Name: 
Unnamed Drummer 1
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Unnamed Drummer 1
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In The Sound and the Fury this drummer appears at the hardware store where Jason works, and the two men discuss cotton. Jason invites him to go to the drugstore to get "a dope" (191). ( "Drummer" is an outdated term for a traveling salesman; "dope" is an outdated term for a Coca-Cola.) Because he thinks Jason believes him to be a Jew, he tells Jason that "my folks have some French blood" (191).