Lucas Burch

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Lucas Burch is a duplicitous, irresponsible lover and would-be father in William Faulkner’s *Light in August*, known for abandoning Lena Grove and repeatedly trying to evade his obligations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lucas Burch canonical 3

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
abandons Lena Grove ⓘ
alias Joe Brown ⓘ
appearsAs secondary character ⓘ
appearsIn Light in August ⓘ
associatedWith Joe Christmas ⓘ
attemptsToEvade Lena Grove ⓘ
fatherhood responsibilities ⓘ
betrays Joe Christmas ⓘ
businessPartnerOf Joe Christmas ⓘ
characterTrait cowardly ⓘ
duplicitous ⓘ
irresponsible ⓘ
selfish ⓘ
createdInYear 1932 ⓘ
creator William Faulkner ⓘ
failsAt accepting paternal responsibility ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreContext modernist American novel ⓘ
impregnates Lena Grove ⓘ
informsOn Joe Christmas ⓘ
involvedIn bootlegging ⓘ
illegal liquor trade ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryFunction to contrast with Byron Bunch's responsibility ⓘ
literaryPeriod Southern Gothic ⓘ
loveInterest Lena Grove ⓘ
motivatedBy money ⓘ
self-preservation ⓘ
narrativeRole comic yet morally weak figure ⓘ
foil to Lena Grove ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation sawmill worker ⓘ
relationshipStatusWithLenaGrove estranged ⓘ
residence Mississippi ⓘ
setIn Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
sharesSurnameSimilarityWith Byron Bunch ⓘ
symbolizes male irresponsibility ⓘ
moral cowardice ⓘ
usesAlias Joe Brown ⓘ
witnesses Joanna Burden's murder aftermath ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Light in August → character → Lucas Burch ⓘ
Lena Grove → searchesFor → Lucas Burch ⓘ
Lena Grove → hasRelationshipWith → Lucas Burch ⓘ