Alice 1
Character Key Number:
314
Display Name:
Alice 1
Sort Name:
Alice 1
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
This Alice is the twelve-year-old girl in the Memphis orphanage in Light in August who mothers three-year-old Joe Christmas until she is adopted and leaves in the middle of the night. Hence, the narrative refers to the other girls who provide help or comfort to Joe in the orphanage as "occasional Alices" (166).