Dry September

The use of the Drummer to build the tension and anger was a great technical symbol. The drummer only spoke to raise the tension of the other speakers. When the drummer spoke I could imagine a drum pulsing to heighten the tension.
The description of Butch on the bottom of page 2 tell a lot about his character. He is used as an archetype for the "angry,old and dim witted," people of the south who hate black people for a reason that they are unsure of themselves.
"Butch sprang up again. The silk of his shirt clung flat to his heavy shoulders. At each armpit was a dark half moon. ' That's what I been telling what I --'"
Butches opinion holds no real substance and through this description it's shown that he wouldn't be able to argue for himself because he's simply just a brute.

The random clients are tools to give background information and information that isn't told through description. It's interesting how the men from in the story killed the "accused," without knowing the whole story, if it was true or not. They didn't give him a chance to speak and they treated him like an animal, but Faulkner shapes the story well and clearly makes the men who acted irrationally the animals.
The use of the car was also a great symbol of a belief that wouldn't stop not even for one man to get out. The believe was going so fast and strong but he still wanted out, and for his belief that they shouldn't kill the black man for something they are unsure of he risked his own life by jumping out of the car.