Unnamed White Man 1

Character Key Number: 
1348
Display Name: 
Unnamed White Man 1
Sort Name: 
Unnamed White Man 1
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

This man, identified in As I Lay Dying only as "the white man" (229), nearly gets into a fight with Jewel after Jewel, mistakenly believing he was the person who commented on the smell of Addie’s coffin, swears and throws a wild punch. In response, the man pulls out "an open knife" - but Darl gets him to put it up after Jewel "takes back" what he said (230).