Issetibbeha's Mother's Brother

Submitted by cornellgoldw@fo... on Mon, 2013-06-24 13:25
Text: 
"Red Leaves"
Character Key: 
Unnamed Maternal Uncle of Issetibbeha
Display Name: 
Issetibbeha's Mother's Brother
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Brother of Issetibbeha's Mother
Race: 
MixedBlackWhite
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
New Orleans in "Red Leaves" (Location)
Origin: 
West Indies
Real?: 
No
Biography: 

The "son and brother" of the well-to-do family of Issetibbeha's mother presumably also has some "Negro blood," as she does (321). But his behavior links him to the upper class: after Doom gets his sister pregnant, he seeks him out "with a pistol" (318) to avenge the family's honor. Years later, however, as the "maternal uncle" of Doom, the child she bears, this brother "conducts" his nephew on a trip abroad, to Paris and elsewhere in Europe (320).

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

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