Uncle Job 1

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2019-08-04 13:50
Character Key Number: 
950
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Uncle Job 1
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Uncle Job 1
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
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The "Uncle Job" in The Sound and the Fury works at the hardware store where Jason Compson also works. In one of his racist rants, Jason calls him "an old doddering nigger" (251), but while Jason also complains about Job's laziness, during the course of the day April 6, 1928, he is shown assembling new cultivators and delivering merchandise. Earl, the man both Job and Jason work for, says "I can depend on him" (248).

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