"An Error in Chemistry", 114 (Event)

Page Number: 
114
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
So for the next two years, occasionally in Jefferson
Page Event Ends: 
115
Era: 
Midcentury (1941-)
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, April 1, 1944 to Monday, April 1, 1946
Summary: 

In his two years in Yoknapatawpha, Flint becomes well known for his disdain for the residents' "local southern custom of drinking whiskey by mixing sugar and water with it" (114). Flint derides this custom as ""effeminacy" (114).

Chronological Order: 
6.00
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Keywords: 
whiskey, southern custom, effeminacy, masculinity

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