Mr. Maxey

Submitted by cornellgoldw@fo... on Sun, 2017-02-12 10:52
Text: 
"Hair"
Character Key: 
Maxey
Display Name: 
Mr. Maxey
Sort Name: 
Maxey, Mr.
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Sales and Service
Specific Job: 
Barber
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Barbershop in "Hair" (Location)
Other Texts: 
Light in August
Biography: 

Maxey owns the Jefferson barber shop in "Hair," and it is he who hires Hawkshaw. His brother-in-law, who lives in Porterfield, is also a barber. The unnamed narrator speculates that when Maxey visits Porterfield, he shaves his brother-in-law's customers, "like a sailor will spend his vacation in a rowboat on an artificial lake" (142). The narrator relies on Maxey for information about Hawkshaw and Susan Reed.

Property Status: 
owns business
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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