Unnamed Immigrant Woman

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Mon, 2014-04-07 22:16
Text: 
The Sound and the Fury
Character Key: 
Unnamed Immigrant Woman
Display Name: 
Unnamed Immigrant Woman
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Immigrant Woman
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Female
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Cambridge Inset: Italian Neighborhood in The Sound and the Fury (Location)
Origin: 
Italy
Biography: 

This unnamed Italian immigrant does not speak English. When Quentin knocks at her door hoping to find the home of the little girl who has been accompanying him since he left the bakery, the woman seems to understand his question, but her answer is undecipherable: "'Si, si,' she said, holding back, showing me whatever it was" (132).

Note: 
Non-English Speakers, Assimilation, Northeastern urban heterogeneity
Ethnicity: 
Italian
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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