Mr. Lovelady
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Mr. Lovelady
Sort Name:
Lovelady, Mr.
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Lower Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Occupation:
Sales and Service
Specific Job:
Insurance Agent
First Mentioned:
Real?:
No
Biography:
Nancy tells the Compson children that "I got my coffin money saved up with Mr. Lovelady" - or as Quentin's narrative explains, Mr. Lovelady is "a short, dirty man who collected the Negro insurance, coming around to the cabins or the kitchens every Saturday morning, to collect fifteen cents" toward a fund to pay for their funerals (308). He lives at the hotel with his wife and only daughter. Though he and his family occupy only part of a paragraph, the details of their story are provocative: Mrs. Lovelady commits suicide, and after leaving town with his daughter, Mr. Lovelady returns a week or two later alone.
Financial Status:
laborer (works for wages)
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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