Major C. Kaye
Character Key Number:
2000
Display Name:
Major C. Kaye
Sort Name:
Major C. Kaye
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
Major Kaye is the commanding officer of the R.A.F. squadron in "All the Dead Pilots." His letter to Aunt Jenny about Sartoris' death reveals him to be a compassionate man but even more, a very military one. Calling Sartoris Jenny's son instead of her great-nephew, he writes that "The E.A. outnumbered your son and had more height and speed which is our misfortune but no fault of the Government which would give us better machines if they had them which is no satisfaction to you" (530). He takes it for granted that a woman in Mississippi would know what E.A. stands for - 'enemy aircraft.'