Mr. Harker
Character Key Number:
2050
Display Name:
Mr. Harker
Sort Name:
Harker, Mr.
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Harker is the night engineer of the municipal power plant in Jefferson in both "Centaur in Brass" and The Town. In both the story and the novel he serves as a source of the story of Flem Snopes' effort to embezzle by turning the plant's two Negro firemen against each other. His attitude toward the events is mostly that of a bemused spectator, though in the novel's re-telling of the episode he actively intervenes to help the two Negroes recognize that their real antagonist is the white Snopes.