Henry

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-07-15 09:35
Text: 
"A Point of Law"
Character Key: 
Henry 2
Display Name: 
Henry
Sort Name: 
Henry
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Deputy Marshal
First Mentioned: 
Courthouse and Square in "A Point of Law" (Location)
Other Texts: 
Go Down, Moses
Biography: 

In "A Point of Law" a man the narrative first calls "the deputy marshal" sits "chewing a toothpick and reading a paper" (221). In the next scene the narrative calls him "the marshal," while Judge Gowan addresses him as "Henry" (222). Elsewhere in the Yoknapatawpha fictions the marshals are distinguished from the sheriffs and their deputies as the officers specifically assigned to the town rather than the county, but in this story both this marshal and the unnamed deputy marshal seem similar to bailiffs who represent the law inside the courthouse.

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

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