Sonny Barger
Character Key Number:
2325
Display Name:
Sonny Barger
Sort Name:
Barger, Sonny
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Since his store is on or near the street in Jefferson that the narrator of "Uncle Willy" calls "Nigger Row," it's possible that Sonny Barger is black, but more likely that he is one of Jefferson's white small businessmen who cater to poor people of both races - like Willy in his drugstore (234). The fact that Barger sells the narrator a bottle of "Jamaica ginger" - a legal form of alcohol - suggests a seedy kind of establishment (234).