Unnamed Sailors

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2017-11-25 14:52
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Character Key: 
Unnamed Sailors
Display Name: 
Unnamed Sailors
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Sailors
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Transportation
Specific Job: 
Seaman
First Mentioned: 
Tidewater Virginia in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Biography: 

The "men who said the ship [Sutpen sails on] was going to the West Indies" (197) may not have been sailors or shipmates, but the inference seems justified by the narrative fact that Sutpen "learns to be a sailor" to get himself to the Caribbean (200).

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

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