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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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

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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