Judge Gowan

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-07-15 09:02
Text: 
"A Point of Law"
Character Key: 
Judge Gowan
Display Name: 
Judge Gowan
Sort Name: 
Gowan, Judge
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Secondary
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Judge
First Mentioned: 
McCaslin-Edmonds Place in "A Point of Law" (Location)
Other Texts: 
Go Down, Moses
Biography: 

The man who quickly and informally finds a common-sense way to dispose of the case against Lucas and George is "Judge Gowan" (218). Though the character only appears again in the revised version of the story that is included in Go Down, Moses, the narrative gives him a long-standing Yoknapatawpha presence when Lucas recognizes him as the gentleman who, "thirty and forty years ago," used to stay with "Old Zach Edmonds" for several weeks during quail hunting season (222).

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

digyok:node/character/10550