>yankee born, irish catholic by blood
>wealthy lawyers son, grew up in a large house and went to an upstanding high school
>degree in liberal arts at a good college
>urbanite who never experienced violence in his life
>chose to larp as a poor southern hillbilly
Why?
Faulkner, for comparison, was off 100% dixie colonial anglo stock, with family that had fought in the civil war and revolutionary wars and had been members of the klan.