Ina May Armstid

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2019-07-31 14:06
Character Key Number: 
740
Display Name: 
Ina May Armstid
Sort Name: 
Armstid, Ina May
Parent Character Key: 
Mrs. Armstid
Henry Armstid
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In "Spotted Horses" the oldest child of the Armstids is named Ina May. She is "about twelve" (178), and takes care of her younger siblings while her mother is shuttling back and forth to Mrs. Littlejohn's. According to Mrs. Armstid "Ina May bars the door" and keeps "the axe in bed with her" while her mother is away (179). When The Hamlet retells this story the Armstids' twelve-year-old daughter is not named, but she plays the same offstage role, guarding over the "littlest ones" with an axe through the nights her mother is away (347).

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