Soldiers’ Pay (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1926
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: April and May, 1919
- Setting: Charlestown, Georgia
- Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Memory, Marriage, 1910’s, Georgia, Death or dying, World War I, Soldiers, Wounds or injuries
- Locales: Charlestown, GA
Characters Discussed
Donald Mahon, a flyer dying of wounds suffered in World War I. Wild like a faun in his youth, he was shot down and now is going blind, has lost most of his memory, is not fully conscious, and says little. His face is so dreadfully scarred that it shocks people, revealing their natures. He brings out the best in some and the worst in others. As the novel begins, he is coming back from the war by train to his home in a small town in Georgia, where he is engaged to a prominent Southern belle. At the end, his death, like the war, significantly changes the lives...
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