Unnamed Negro Old Man
Character Key Number:
3717
Display Name:
Unnamed Negro Old Man
Sort Name:
Unnamed Negro Old Man
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
When he describes his situation on the verge of launching the forbidden trip to Memphis in The Reivers, Lucius says "I was in the position of the old Negro who said, 'Here I is, Lord. . . ." (62). He (or Faulkner) may have a specific person in mind, but this tempted black man seems more like the product of Lucius' imagination, and a suggestive one at that.