Tom

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Wed, 2016-06-22 13:28
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Tom 1
Display Name: 
Tom
Sort Name: 
Tom
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Sheriff's Deputy
First Mentioned: 
Courthouse and Square in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Other Texts: 
"A Point of Law"
Biography: 

This is the deputy who goes with the sheriff to look for a still on the Edmonds' place; he is "a plump man though nowhere as big as the sheriff," and "voluble" (62). Readers learn that his name is "Tom" when he commissioner calls him by that name as he testifies to what happened during the arraignment the next day (64). His volubility reveals his presumption that as a white man his mind is superior to a black man's.

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

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