Unnamed Drummer

Submitted by garrettm@u.nort... on Sat, 2012-06-09 13:05
Text: 
"Dry September"
Character Key: 
Unnamed Drummer 2
Display Name: 
Unnamed Drummer
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Drummer
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Sales and Service
Specific Job: 
Traveling Salesman
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Barbershop in "Dry September" (Location)
Origin: 
Outside of Jefferson but in the South
Real?: 
No
Biography: 

An out-of-towner, described as looking like "a desert rat in the moving pictures," who gets his shave and haircut from Hawkshaw and enthusiastically joins the lynch mob (170). ("Drummer" is another way to refer to a traveling salesman; it is no longer used but would have been very familiar to Faulkner's original audience.)

Note: 
7/15/22 - Changed this low Lower Class from Middle Class - JHB
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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