Unnamed "Father" of Eck

Submitted by jbc@ku.edu on Thu, 2017-09-21 14:48
Text: 
The Town
Character Key: 
Unnamed "Father" of Eck Snopes
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Unnamed "Father" of Eck
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Unnamed "Father" of Eck
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Family: 
Snopes
Family (new): 
SnopessInT
First Mentioned: 
Judge Stevens'|Gavin Stevens' Office in The Town (Location)
Biography: 

Neither of Eck's parents appear directly in The Town, but two of the novel's narrators - Ratliff and Gavin - do discuss his parentage. Based on their contempt for 'Snopeses,' they both feel strongly that since Eck is so good a person, genetically he is "not a Snopes" (32). Thus they invent this "titular father" for him: the imaginary man with whom Eck's mother had an affair (33).

Ontological Status: 
Created by a Character in Text
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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