Unnamed Man Driving Ford
Character Key Number:
1551
Display Name:
Unnamed Man Driving Ford
Sort Name:
Unnamed Man Driving Ford
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
More a symbol of modernity than a character in Flags in the Dust, this man is driving badly and wearing "a woman's stocking wrapped about his head and tied beneath his hat" when he swerves into the path of Young Bayard's car, causing the accident in which Old Bayard dies (326).