Vardaman Bundren
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Vardaman Bundren
Sort Name:
Bundren, Vardaman
Parent:
AKA:
Bud
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Lower Class
Rank:
Major
Vitality:
Alive
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Monday, January 1, 1917 to Friday, December 31, 1920
Origin:
Yoknapatawpha
Narrator:
Stream of Consciousness
Biography:
The fifth and youngest child of Anse and Addie Bundren, Vardaman narrates ten chapters in which we follow the progression of a child's grieving process after the death of a parent. He also reveals poignant and specific examples of the poverty in which he resides. He is described by the other narrators as very small. (Vardaman is named after James K. Vardaman, who served one term each as Mississippi's Governor [1904-1908] and Senator [1913-1919]; he was a militant white supremacist whom his supporters called "The Great White Chief.")
Note:
We are assuming Vardaman is between 6 and 10 for the purposes of a birth date. The unbroken nature of his narratives that moves from present to past without any signal makes it fairly easy to identify them as stream of consciousness.
Financial Status:
financially dependent
Individual or Group:
Individual
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