Sophie Starnes

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Sophie Starnes
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Starnes, Sophie
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Sofy Starnes
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Female
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dies
Cause of Death: 
Disease
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Sophie Starnes is the daughter of landowners in Alabama. She is said to be a "thin, unhealthy" girl, with "straight hair not brown and not yellow" (139). Over her mother's objections, she becomes engaged to Henry Stribling - AKA Hawkshaw - the "son of a tenant farmer" (138). Before they can marry, however, Sophie dies of "some kind of fever" (138).

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CUT: Mr. Starnes, on the other hand, doesn't object to their union. Perhaps it's because Stribling is a "hard worker" (138). Plot, and not focused on Sophie.
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Individual
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