Lon Quick

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Fri, 2016-07-22 15:29
Text: 
The Hamlet
Character Key: 
Lon Quick I
Display Name: 
Lon Quick
Sort Name: 
Quick, Lon
Parent: 
Ben Quick
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Production
Specific Job: 
Sawmill Owner
First Mentioned: 
Mrs. Littlejohn's Place in The Hamlet (Location)
Other Texts: 
"Lizards in Jamshyd’s Courtyard"
"Spotted Horses"
As I Lay Dying
Biography: 

Uncle Ben Quick’s son, Lon operates the local sawmill and is described as "a lank man with a bulging dreaming scant-haired head and pale myopic eyes" (63). A local hangabout in front of the Varner store, he bids first on Buck Hipps' wild ponies. In As I Lay Dying and a number of short stories, he has a son of the same name.

Note: 
SR In the fictions there are both "Lon Quick" (4 texts) and "Solon Quick" (3 texts, all later). These might be two different names for same character, and Brooks indexes 'him' that way, as 'QUICK, SOLON, 'LON.'" But others (Dasher, Kirk) separate them into two different characters with almost the same name, and that's what we have chosen to do too. JHB In "Tomorrow," Lon Quick has a son named "Isham" who owns a sawmill.
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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