Eve Adams
Character Key Number:
3236
Display Name:
Eve Adams
Sort Name:
Adams, Eve
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
The mother of Theron Adams in The Town is the "old fat wife" of Mayor Adams (11). To the younger people in Jefferson, she and her aged husband are disparagingly called Adam and "Miss Eve Adam" - a "fat old Eve" too old to tempt or be tempted (11).