Unnamed Grandfather of the Governor
Character Key Number:
2496
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Unnamed Grandfather of the Governor
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Unnamed Grandfather of the Governor
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
The grandfather of the man who is the Governor of the state in "Monk" seems to have been a man of the lower classes with a chip on his shoulder similar to the one Bill Terrel carries. As the Governor says of him to Gavin Stevens, "Mr. Stevens, you are what my grandpap would have called a gentleman. He would have snarled it at you, hating you and your kind; he might very probably have shot your horse from under you someday from behind a fence - for a principle" (57).