Who is Big Jow Mackey from A Feast of Snakes and what is their importance? A_Feast_of_Snakes English & Literature Big Jow Mackey | A Feast of Snakes

Big Joe Mackey is the father of Joe Lon. He is nearly deaf and is semi-retired, having left his liquor store to his son. He raises fighting dogs and abuses them until they are violent and fierce. When his wife left him, he went and physically dragged her back, only to have her commit suicide. His daughter, Beeder, went insane, and his son wasn't successful following high school. Big Joe is a mean man, although he doesn't like Joe Lon beating his wife. His treatment of animals, his children, and everyone around him is a testament to the failure of the family in the novel to provide a support system for learning morality.