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.

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Lucas Burch canonical 3

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