Unnamed Negro Girl 2
Character Key Number:
1181
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Girl 2
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Girl 2
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
In Light in August this Negro girl is induced to have sex with a group of five white country boys in a deserted sawmill shed. When it is Joe's turn, he sees "something, prone, abject; in her eyes perhaps" (156), and his response is to beat her until the other boys restrain him.