Grandpa

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2020-02-06 14:55
Character Key Number: 
2310
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Grandpa
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Grandpa
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
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The "grandpa" of the narrator of "That Will Be Fine" is married to grandma, and the father of Louisa, Sarah, and Rodney. He knows his son is a criminal but covers for him as long as possible, apparently taking refuge or solace in anger and his "tonic," which he keeps in a bottle in his desk - a desk which Rodney knows how to "prize open" in order to sneak his own (alcoholic) "dose" (266).

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