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HUMAN BEINGS
| Ulysses Everett McGill - paterfamilias, liar | |
| Penny Wharvey McGill - mother of seven | |
| Pete
Hogwallop - was not turned into a toad (Circe turns men into pigs) |
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| Delmar
McDaniel - saved through baptism, looking for answers |
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| Tommy
Johnson - sold his soul to the Devil, raises expectation of being the Dead Man |
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| Homer Stokes - friend of the Little Man |
SOMEWHAT MORE THAN HUMAN BEINGS
| Handcar
Dude - has NO NAME (unlike like Tiresias) but |
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| Menelaus "Pappy" Mc Daniel - governor of Mississippi | |
| George Nelson - not Babyface!!! | |
| Sunglasses
Dude - bad news (mean god, like Poseidon) |
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| Big Dan Teague - Missouri State's own John Goodman! |
PLACES
| Radio
Station at the Crossroads - sing into the can, complete with faux Cyclops |
| Wash Hogwallop's Farm - damn, we're in a tight spot! |
| Kluxville - bizarre torch dance, complete with genuine faux Cyclops |
| State Capitol - Jackson, I assume? |
| The McGill Farm - a little refugium, if you will, in the Arkabutta Valley |
PRINCIPAL STORYLINES
| The
buried treasure as object of the heroic quest |
| Dead dude- comparison with Enkidu - Tommy or George? |
| Looking
for answers - who is looking for answers and for what kind of answers? |
| What does Everett learn? |
| What is the importance of the Man of Constant Sorrow? |
| What is the importance of the Flood? |
| What is the Public Affairs content? |