Unnamed Brawlers and Drunkards

Character Key Number: 
3110
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Unnamed Brawlers and Drunkards
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Unnamed Brawlers and Drunkards
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
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In "A Name for the City" and again in Requiem for a Nun these two categories represent the kinds of white men who have been confined in the jail: occasional lawbreakers who are easily detained by "a single wooden bar in slots across the outside of the door like on a corn crib" (202, 6).