Chevalier de Vitry

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Thu, 2016-06-23 13:05
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Character Key: 
Chevalier Soeur-Blonde de Vitry
Display Name: 
Chevalier de Vitry
Sort Name: 
De Vitry, Chevalier Soeur-Blonde
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dead
First Mentioned: 
Big Bottom in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Other Texts: 
"A Courtship"
"A Justice"
"Appendix: Compson"
"Red Leaves"
"The Old People"
Biography: 

The Chevalier de Vitry is the French companion whom Ikkemotubbe meets in New Orleans. The narrative suggests that this may not be his real name, or perhaps that he isn't really a "Chevalier," a minor French nobleman, since it notes that this is what he was "calling himself" when he met Ikkemotubbe (157). De Vitry is the person who gives Ikkemotubbe the title "Du Homme" - literally "of the man" in French, though Faulkner probably means "the man" - which is anglicized to "Doom," before Doom becomes chief (157).

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

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