Sheriff Watt Kennedy

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Submitted by chlester0@gmail.com on Sat, 2014-06-21 14:46
Text: 
Light in August
Character Key: 
Sheriff Watt Kennedy
Display Name: 
Sheriff Watt Kennedy
Sort Name: 
Kennedy, Sheriff Watt
AKA: 
The Sheriff
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Secondary
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Sheriff
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Planing Mill in Light in August (Location)
Biography: 

The county sheriff in this novel is named Watt Kennedy. Described as a "fat, comfortable man" (287), "with little wise eyes like bits of mica embedded in his fat, still face" (420), he investigates the murder of Joanna Burden and pursues Joe Christmas across the countryside (287).

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

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