"The Bear", 294 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Sun, 2015-05-24 16:16
Text: 
"The Bear"
Location: 
Ambush Site in "The Bear"|Go Down, Moses in "The Bear" (Location)
Page Number: 
294
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
There was an old bear, fierce and ruthless,
Page Event Ends: 
295
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Sam Fathers
Unnamed Boy Hunter
Characters Mentioned: 
Unnamed Chickasaw Chief
Unnamed Enslaved Mother of Sam Fathers
Narrative Status: 
Remembered
Date: 
Sunday, April 2, 1882 to Sunday, April 30, 1882
Summary: 

Rejecting his father's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" explanation for why he did not shoot the bear, the boy hunter thinks of it as simpler, reducing it to a brief description of the four principal participants - bear, old man, boy (himself), and dog - but he realizes his "simpler" explanation is inadequate (295).

Chronological Order: 
17.20
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Hunting, Animal:Dog, Animal:Bear, Liberty, Freedom, Negro, Slave, Indian, Humility, Suffering, Pride, Endurance, Woods, Woodcraft, Injustice, Brotherhood, Death,
Actions:
Hunting›Bear hunting | Hunting›Teaching | Mental›Reinterpretation
Cultural Issues:
Hunting and Fishing›Knowledge | Hunting and Fishing›Local legend | Hunting and Fishing›Woodcraft | Identity, Cultural›Heritage
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Bear | Animals›Dogs | Chaos/Order›Wildness | Character›Humility | Character›Pride | Values›Liberty
Relationships:
Intergenerational›Mentor-disciple | Interracial›Indian-white | Interracial›White-black | Interspecies›Man-bear | Interspecies›Man-dog
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Literary›Poem: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intratextual

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