The Old People

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"The Old People" is a short story by William Faulkner that forms part of his collection *Go Down, Moses*, exploring themes of heritage, race, and the Southern wilderness through a young boy’s hunting experiences.

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The Old People canonical 4

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instanceOf fictional work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
author William Faulkner ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear 1942 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores African American and Native American ancestry through Sam Fathers ⓘ
rituals of hunting as a rite of passage ⓘ
featuresCharacter Major de Spain ⓘ
McCaslin Edmonds ⓘ
Sam Fathers ⓘ
firstPublication Go Down, Moses ⓘ
focusesOn a young boy’s hunting experiences ⓘ
genre Southern literature ⓘ
hunting story ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasSubject deer hunting ⓘ
land and ownership in the South ⓘ
includedIn American short story canon ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Southern Gothic ⓘ
mainCharacter Isaac McCaslin ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person limited ⓘ
partOf Go Down, Moses ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Random House ⓘ
relatedWork Go Down, Moses (story) ⓘ
linked to: Go Down, Moses

The Bear ⓘ
Was ⓘ
setInUniverse Yoknapatawpha fiction ⓘ
setting Mississippi wilderness ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
settingPeriod late 19th century American South ⓘ
theme Southern wilderness ⓘ
coming of age ⓘ
heritage ⓘ
human relationship with nature ⓘ
initiation ⓘ
memory and history ⓘ
race ⓘ
racial hierarchy in the American South ⓘ
tradition and change ⓘ

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Go Down, Moses → hasPart → The Old People ⓘ
McCaslin family → appearsInWork → The Old People ⓘ
Isaac McCaslin → appearsIn → The Old People ⓘ
McCaslin plantation → appearsIn → The Old People ⓘ