Unnamed Half-Witted Boy
Character Key Number:
2091
Display Name:
Unnamed Half-Witted Boy
Sort Name:
Unnamed Half-Witted Boy
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
In "Miss Zilphia Gant" this "a hulking halfwitted boy" helps Jim Gant in his work as a trader (368). It is he who tells Mrs. Gant that her husband has left her, when he tries to collect the $1.75 he loaned to Gant; when she refuses at gun point to give him any money, he becomes "an ancient mariner in faded overalls" as - "wild eyed and drooling a little at the mouth" - he relates his grievance repeatedly to the other people in the Bend (370).