Who is Buddy Matlow from A Feast of Snakes and what is their importance? A_Feast_of_Snakes English & Literature Buddy Matlow | A Feast of Snakes

Buddy Matlow is the sheriff of Mystic. As a powerful force in town, he often takes young black women in, claiming them to be prostitutes, in order to force them to have sex with him. Matlow eventually takes Lottie May, and scares her in a jail cell by threatening her with a snake. Buddy then has sex with her and threatens to kill her is she tells anyone. He releases her, but later arrests her again. Lottie May, however, castrates him, and he dies. Buddy Matlow's character represents those in power who abuse that power for their own personal gain.