Wilkie

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Thu, 2014-04-10 21:29
Text: 
The Sound and the Fury
Character Key: 
Wilkie 1
Display Name: 
Wilkie
Sort Name: 
Wilkie
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Domestic Service
Specific Job: 
Family Servant
First Mentioned: 
Cambridge Inset: Picnic Site in The Sound and the Fury (Location)
Origin: 
Kentucky
Biography: 

Wilkie is mentioned by Mrs. Bland, when she tells the young people in her car about Gerald's grandfather back in Kentucky, who insisted on picking "his own mint" for his juleps: "He wouldn't even let old Wilkie touch it" (148). It seems safe to say that Wilkie was a servant in the Bland family.

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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