Unnamed Men at Varner's Store 3
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Unnamed Men at Varner's Store 3
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Unnamed Men at Varner's Store 3
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Yes
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In Light in August the group of men at Varner's store who watch as the pregnant Lena Grove descends from Armstid's wagon are described as "squatting" and "already spitting across the heelgnawed porch" (25). They "listen quietly" as the tells her story, and are all sure she will never again see the father of the child she carries (26).