Abstract
James Watson summarizes a widely held view of The Town in The Snopes Dilemma: Faulkner's Trilogy: Through Gavin's unique development, the nature of Snopesism and the impact of Snopes amorality on the moral world are revealed.' Similarly, Paul Levine says, Society does not corrupt Flem Snopes; instead he corrupts society.2 Such critics emphasize the unique characteristics which they believe Flem inherently possessed: cold, calculating, niggardly qualities-traits that do exist in Flem; however, evidence that Flem may have also imitated the town's people suggests a need to qualify this view. In The Hamlet, Flem Snopes had sat by Will Varner's side when the older man settled up with his tenants, Flem learning Varner's methods: Varner and Snopes resembled the white trader and his native parrot-taught headman in an African outpost. That headman, said Faulkner, was acquiring the virtues of civilization fast.3 Later, as vice-president of a Jefferson bank, Flem's knack for observation and imitation continues. Now he learns at
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