Rufus Pruitt

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2019-08-03 13:23
Character Key Number: 
874
Display Name: 
Rufus Pruitt
Sort Name: 
Pruitt, Rufus
Parent Character Key: 
Mrs. Pruitt 2
Pruitt 2
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

Pruitts appear in two different texts - "That Will Be Fine" (1935) and "Tomorrow" (1940) - but there seems to be no connection between the group in each text. In "Tomorrow" Rufus Pruitt is a working-class farmer, a sharecropper's son. He and his mother narrate part of the Fentry-Thorpe saga, helping Chick and Gavin to solve the mystery of Stonewall Jackson Fentry's behavior.

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