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The Role Of Grumby In Faulkner's Literature
Faulkner tells his readers the moral values to not have through Grumby. Towards the end of "Riposte in Tertio" Faulkner writes, "She had looked a little alive, but now she looked like she had collapsed" (Faulkner 154). Grumby was a member of a Confederate rebel group which went around the South and killed many white and black people. After Granny tried to take the mules from Grumby, he ended up shooting her. This showed his coward side for shooting an old lady which was considered a crime of the Southern code. The killing from Grumby soon got him to be kicked out of his gang, “We had a good thing in this country. We would have it, if it hadn’t been for you. And now we’ve got to pull out. Got to leave it because you lost your nerve and killed
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