and perpetuates this pattern of evil" and that the use of Temple was "attacking the chivalric code of the South". Gowan Stevens – Vain, self-important, alcoholic man who takes Temple to the Goodwin house, where he hopes to buy some whisky. He gets drunk, gets beaten up by Van, and passes out. He leaves the house by himself the next morning, abandoning Temple, who then falls into Popeye's hands. Miss Reba – Owns a Memphis brothel where Temple lives under Popeye's control; she thinks highly of Popeye until he brings Red in as a "stud", which shocks and scandalizes her. Minor characters "Pap" – Probably Goodwin's father; a blind and deafmute old man who lives at the Goodwin place. Van – A young tough who works for Goodwin Red – A Memphis criminal who has intercourse with Temple, at Popeye's request, so that Popeye (who is impotent) can watch; Popeye later tires of this arrangement and murders Red Minnie – Miss Reba's maidservant Narcissa Benbow – Horace's younger sister (the widow of Bayard Sartoris) Miss Jenny – Narcissa's deceased husband's great-aunt, who lives with Narcissa and young Bory Benbow Sartoris, aka "Bory" – Narcissa's ten-year-old son Little Belle – Horace Benbow's stepdaughter Miss Lorraine, Miss Myrtle – friends of Miss Reba Development Faulkner stated that he wrote the novel for financial gain and was not motivated by internal passion. He did the first draft in a three-week period in 1929 and later made a new version with toned-down elements when the publisher expressed reluctance to publish the original. According to Muhlenfeld initially Temple was not the primary character, but this was changed in a revision. E. Pauline Degenfelder of Worcester Public Schools argued that Temple, Popeye, and Horace were all main characters even though the work presented itself as mainly being about Temple. Reception Most reviews described the book as horrific and said that Faulkner was a very talented writer. Some critics also felt that he should write something pleasant for a change. In June 1932, Sanctuary was banned from importation to Canada by the Canadian Department of National Revenue. Faulkner once headed a troop of Boy Scouts but the administrators removed him from his position after the release of the book. Gene D. Phillips of Loyola University of Chicago wrote that because audiences were preoccupied with lurid scenes instead of its moral philosophy, the book was a "best seller