Light in August, 476 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2015-01-05 15:14
Text: 
Light in August
Location: 
Hightower's Childhood Home in Light in August (Location)
Page Number: 
476
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
It was just rumor, vague: how, following his master's
Page Event Ends: 
477
Era: 
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Present: 
Cinthy
Gail Hightower I
Pomp
Unnamed Confederate Pickets
Unnamed Union Officer
Unnamed Union Soldiers
Characters Mentioned: 
General Grant
General Earl Van Dorn
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1862 to Sunday, December 31, 1865
Summary: 

Cinthy and the narrator combine to tell the story of her husband, Pomp, and his attempt during the Civil War to rescue his master from the Yankees.

Chronological Order: 
10.20
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
War:Civil Yankees Loyalty Rumor
Actions:
Verbal›Denial | Verbal›Gossip | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues:
Slavery›Loyalty | War›Civil War consequences
Relationships:
Hierarchical›Master-slave
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Historical›Van Dorn, Earl | Diction›African American vernacular dialect

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