Go Down, Moses (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1942
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1859-1941
- Setting: Mississippi
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Race, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Rural or country life, Incest, Rape, Cruelty, Hunting or hunters, Bears
- Locales: Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)
Characters Discussed
Isaac McCaslin (Uncle Ike), the grandson of Lucius Quintus Carothers McCaslin and heir to his plantation. Isaac, whose father dies while he is young, has two father figures: Sam Fathers, once a slave of Isaac’s grandfather, and Cass Edmonds, a cousin sixteen years his elder. Sam Fathers teaches Isaac to hunt and to appreciate nature. As a child, Isaac longs for his tenth birthday, when he will be old enough to go on hunting trips to the wilderness. When Isaac turns twenty-one, he tells Cass that he is relinquishing his patrimony. He argues with Cass, who...
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