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Light in August

by William Faulkner

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Joe Christmas
Joanna Burden
Reverend Gail Hightower
Byron Bunch
Lena Grove
Joe Brown
Simon McEachern
Percy Grimm
Bobbie Allen
Miss Atkins

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Miss Atkins

Character Analysis

A paranoid, racist dietician at a white orphanage, Miss Atkins is responsible for placing Joe Christmas with the strict McEachern family.

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