Mr. Hovis

Submitted by jbc@ku.edu on Thu, 2017-11-30 15:32
Text: 
The Town
Character Key: 
Mr. Hovis
Display Name: 
Mr. Hovis
Sort Name: 
Hovis, Mr.
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Sales and Service
Specific Job: 
Bank Cashier
First Mentioned: 
Bank of Jefferson in The Town (Location)
Biography: 

The Sartoris bank cashier, Mr. Hovis, receives a "coca cola" at the bank's closing time (323). (If in Faulkner's imagination he's related to the Mrs. Hovis who appears in the short story "Uncle Tilly," the novel gives no hint of it.)

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

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