Uncle Job

Submitted by thagood@fau.edu on Thu, 2014-05-01 22:52
Text: 
The Sound and the Fury
Character Key: 
Uncle Job 1
Display Name: 
Uncle Job
Sort Name: 
Job, Uncle
AKA: 
Job
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Sales and Service
Specific Job: 
Hardware Store Employee
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Hardware Store|McCaslin Hardware Store in The Sound and the Fury (Location)
Biography: 

Uncle Job is an African American man who works at the hardware store where Jason Compson also works. In one of his racist rants, Jason calls him "an old doddering nigger" (251), but while Jason also complains about Job's laziness, during the course of the day April 6, 1928, he is shown assembling new cultivators and delivering merchandise. Earl, the man both Job and Jason work for, says "I can depend on him" (248).

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

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