Reverend Whitfield

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2013-05-31 09:27
Text: 
"Shingles for the Lord"
Character Key: 
Reverend Whitfield
Display Name: 
Reverend Whitfield
Sort Name: 
Whitfield, Reverend
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Major
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Professional
Specific Job: 
Preacher
First Mentioned: 
Griers' Farm in "Shingles for the Lord" (Location)
Other Texts: 
"Tomorrow"
As I Lay Dying
The Hamlet
Biography: 

Whitfield is a much more attractive figure in this story than in As I Lay Dying, the text by which most readers know him. The magisterial Baptist minister makes his wishes plain to the Almighty in prayer and to his parishioners, such as Res Grier, by chastising them. To the narrator, the way Whitfield stands there among his congregation and amid the ashes of a building is a sign that maybe "there was something that even that fire hadn't even touched" (42).

Note: 
I think it's a mistake to try to import Whitfield's character and biography from AILD here.
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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