Pat Stamper

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Thu, 2016-07-21 17:45
Text: 
The Hamlet
Character Key: 
Pat Stamper
Display Name: 
Pat Stamper
Sort Name: 
Stamper, Pat
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Sales and Service
Specific Job: 
Horse and Mule Trader
First Mentioned: 
Mrs. Littlejohn's Place in The Hamlet (Location)
Other Texts: 
"Fool About a Horse"
The Mansion
Biography: 

Stamper is a legendary ruthless horse trader who has "eyes the color of a new axe blade" (33). Ratliff marvels that Stamper doesn't just trade horses, but arrived "a stranger" and "got actual Yoknapatawpha County cash dollars" (37) by swindling Ab Snopes in a series of trades. Pat Stamper originally appeared in the story "Fool About a Horse" (1936). This story is retold by Ratliff in The Hamlet to explain how Ab Snopes became "soured."

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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