Unnamed Negro Cook 2
Character Key Number:
1374
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Cook 2
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Cook 2
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
The first of the two Negroes who cook for Hightower in Light in August is a woman who is described as a "high brown" (72). She quits after Mrs. Hightower's suicide, when her presence as a woman in his house makes her and Reverend Hightower vulnerable to gossip and vigilante violence (72).