Flem Snopes
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Flem Snopes
Sort Name:
Snopes, Flem
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Snopes
Family (new):
Occupation:
Management
Specific Job:
Bank Vice-President, Entrepeneur
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Saturday, January 1, 1870 to Wednesday, December 31, 1890
Origin:
Yoknapatawpha
Other Texts:
Biography:
One of the major characters in the Yoknapatawpha fictions, in Flags in the Dust he is merely referred to in one paragraph. But this one passage does outline Flem's rise from his poor white origins in Frenchman's Bend to his current position as vice-president of the bank founded and run by Old Bayard Sartoris, as well as his practice - "like Abraham of old" (166) - of bringing other Snopeses in to Jefferson in what the narrative implies is a kind of assault on the town.
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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