Unnamed Negro Companion

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Sat, 2016-07-23 22:11
Text: 
The Hamlet
Character Key: 
Unnamed Negro Companion
Display Name: 
Unnamed Negro Companion
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Negro Companion
Race: 
Black
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Free Black
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Domestic Service
Specific Job: 
Personal Servant
First Mentioned: 
McCarron Farm in The Hamlet (Location)
Biography: 

This was Hoake McCarron's sole companion growing up. Many of Faulkner's wealthier white men had Negro companions and personal servants as boys; this pair represents an odd variant of that pattern. Early on, Hoake "dominates" his companion with fists and, afterwards, pays the other black boy a fixed sum to beat him with a "miniature riding crop" (151).

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

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