Vardaman Gowrie

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2015-06-15 11:42
Text: 
Intruder in the Dust
Character Key: 
Vardaman Gowrie
Display Name: 
Vardaman Gowrie
Sort Name: 
Gowrie, Vardaman
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Caledonia Chapel Cemetery in Intruder in the Dust (Location)
Home: 
Gowries' Farm in Intruder in the Dust (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Friday, January 1, 1915 to Tuesday, December 31, 1918
Other Texts: 
The Mansion
Biography: 

Vardaman Gowrie and his brother Bilbo are identical twins, "identical as two clothing store dummies" (159) or "two clothes pins on a line" (160). The novel consistently treats them identically too. "About thirty, a head taller than their father," their faces are "surly quick-tempered and calm" (160), though they act together with energy in the search for their murdered brother's body. Like his brother, Vardaman is named after a noted Mississippi governor, but together they spend their nights hunting and "their days sleeping flat on the naked planks" of the front porch at home (162). (This Vardaman is one of the three Vardamans in the fictions, all named for Governor Vardaman; there are two characters named for Governor Bilbo.)

Individual or Group: 
Individual
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