"Appendix: Compson", 329 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2018-05-23 11:15
Text: 
"Appendix: Compson"
Location: 
Compson Place in "Appendix: Compson" (Location)
Page Number: 
329
Order within Page: 
5
First 8-10 words of event: 
who put the first mortgage on the still intact
Page Event Ends: 
329
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
General Jason Lycurgus Compson
Unnamed Carpetbagger from New England
Characters Mentioned: 
General Smith
Snopeses
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Thursday, January 1, 1863 to Sunday, December 31, 1899
Summary: 

The decline of the Compson property begins when General Compson out a mortgage from a "carpetbagger"; this decline is linked to both the results of the Civil War and the rise of the Snopeses (329).

Chronological Order: 
18.50
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Cultural Issues: Civil War: Southern Defeat Cultural Issues: Reconstruction: Carpetbaggers Themes and Motifs: Snopesism
Actions:
Economic›Borrowing | Economic›Selling land
Cultural Issues:
Class›Snopesism | Class›Social mobility | Economy›Banking | History›Carpetbaggers | History›Reconstruction | War›Destruction
Themes and Motifs:
Absence/Loss›Burning a town | Time›Future
Aesthetics:
Recurring Episodes›Battle of Jefferson

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