Unnamed People of Yoknapatawpha

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2018-05-23 13:52
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"Appendix: Compson"
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Unnamed People of Yoknapatawpha 7
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Unnamed People of Yoknapatawpha
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Unnamed People of Yoknapatawpha
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Multi Gender Group
Class: 
MultiClass Group
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Compson Place in "Appendix: Compson" (Location)
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These icon represents the "whole town and county" (329), the "living fellowtownsmen" of the lifetime of Jason III (330), and "the town" (340) - terms which always refer exclusively to Yoknapatawpha's and Jefferson's white population. This generic group and the Compsons seem to have an estranged, at times even antagonistic relationship to each other. The "town and county" expect that the descendants of Governor Compson will "fail at everything" they touch (329), and as he sits alone in his office on the Square, Jason III composes "caustic and satiric eulogies" on his "fellowtownsmen" (330).

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