The Cobbler, by William Faulkner is a strange tale about a lonely, hardworking, backwards, country man. The story is narrated by the man, a goat farmer from Tuscany. It is in his village that he meets a woman that he is fond of, she is beautiful and young they had been promised to each other, so he was satisfied. The man was a heavy laborer and the girl would sometimes sneak away from her daily chores to visit him and his goats on the mountain. Eventually, she could no longer sneak away to be with him while he worked long hours. However, he was content with night walks under the stars with her, after his long days at work. She teased him about being a backwards character. He did not let this bother him, however “She often chided me on my backwardness
