Ketcham

Submitted by ekp23@cornell.edu on Mon, 2013-03-25 12:22
Text: 
"Pantaloon in Black"
Character Key: 
Ketcham
Display Name: 
Ketcham
Sort Name: 
Ketcham
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Jailer
First Mentioned: 
County Jail in "Pantaloon in Black" (Location)
Real?: 
No
Other Texts: 
Go Down, Moses
Biography: 

Ketcham is an officer of the law who, despite his Dickensian name, works at the jail and deals with the men who have already been caught. He is at the jail trying to maintain order among the inmates when Rider is brought there.

Note: 
law, justice, jail Here again we have a problem of locating the character where he is mentioned, rather than where we are told he is sitting. Another problem with this one: there has been some discussion as to whether he is middle-class (salaried, works for the government), or lower-class (low on the totem pole at the jail).
Financial Status: 
laborer (works for wages)
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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