"Fool About a Horse", 129 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-08-26 16:28
Text: 
"Fool About a Horse"
Location: 
Pat Stamper Camp Site in "Fool About a Horse" (Location)
Page Number: 
129
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
And I be dog if it didn't seem like Pat Stamper
Page Event Ends: 
131
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Jim
Pap
Pat Stamper
Unnamed Boy Narrator
Characters Mentioned: 
Vynie
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Thursday, July 8, 1880 to Saturday, July 31, 1880
Summary: 

Under the influence of Peabody's whiskey and a few more drinks from Stamper, Pap trades with Stamper for a second time, giving up not just Stamper's mules but Mammy's milk separator to get his original mule back - along with a horse that Stamper says "will surprise you" (131).

Chronological Order: 
17.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Drinking, Horse-Trading, Scheming, Weather:Ominous
Environment:
Domestic Space›Pasture | Olfactory›Rain
Actions:
Bodily›Falling | Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Despair | Emotional›Embarrassment
Cultural Issues:
Alcohol›Alcoholism | Alcohol›Wanting a drink
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Horses | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics:
Diction›Racist term | Narrative›Foreshadowing

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