Light in August, 287 (Event)

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Fri, 2014-08-15 16:52
Text: 
Light in August
Location: 
Burden Place in Light in August (Location)
Page Number: 
287
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
Within five minutes after the countryman found the fire
Page Event Ends: 
292
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Present: 
Buford
Buck Conner
Sheriff Watt Kennedy
Unnamed "Third Man"
Unnamed Crowd at Burden Place
Unnamed Firemen
Unnamed Poor Whites in Crowd
Unnamed Southerners Who Lived in North
Unnamed Yankees in Crowd
Hamp Waller
Characters Mentioned: 
Lucas Burch
Joanna Burden
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, August 6, 1932 to Saturday, August 20, 1932
Summary: 

The scene describes the immediate aftermath of the discovery of the fire and Joanna's body.

Chronological Order: 
245.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Fire Violence Racial Violence Death Bigotry
Environment:
Domestic Space›Yard | Time of Day›Daytime | Time of Year›Saturday
Actions:
Mental›Remembering | Movement›Car | Movement›Truck | Movement›Wagon | Movement›Walking | Perceptual›Looking | Physical›Discovering | Physical›Hiding | Physical›Showing | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Gossip | Verbal›Questioning | Verbal›Responding | Verbal›Speculation | Verbal›Telling | Violent›Killing | Violent›Sexual assault
Cultural Issues:
Group Mentality›Mob behavior | Group Mentality›Racial solidarity | Race›Negro-lover | Religion›Apotheosis | Religion›Fanaticism
Themes and Motifs:
Body›Throat | Death›Corpse | Death›Moving a dead body
Relationships:
Social›Assailant-victim | Social›Crowds
Aesthetics:
Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics | Typography/Orthography›Spacing

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