Willy Legate

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Sat, 2016-11-19 10:07
Text: 
"Race at Morning"
Character Key: 
Will Legate
Display Name: 
Willy Legate
Sort Name: 
Legate, Willy
AKA: 
Will Legate
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Farming
Specific Job: 
Farmer
First Mentioned: 
RaceAtMorning: Camp in "Race at Morning" (Location)
Home: 
Courthouse and Square in "Race at Morning" (Location)
Other Texts: 
"Delta Autumn"
Go Down, Moses
Intruder in the Dust
Biography: 

Willy Legate is part of the yearly November deer hunting party from Yoknapatawpha. He is the first character in "Race at Morning" to call attention to the illiteracy of the narrator.

Note: 
CUT: Legate is the grandson of one of the men in Ike McCaslin’s original hunting party. (I can't find any evidence about the grandfather-grandson distinction in either this story or "Delta Autumn." Education Class
Social Status: 
has influential social contacts (family, business, political)
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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