"By the People", 131 (Event)
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Page Number:
131
Order within Page:
2
First 8-10 words of event:
Because he did indeed destroy the Ku Klux Klan
Page Event Ends:
132
Era:
The Depression (1930-1940)
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Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Thursday, January 1, 1931 to Sunday, December 31, 1950
Summary:
The narrator sums up Snopes' deeply hypocritical actions and grandiose aspirations over his years as a politician, to show "just how ruthless and limitless his ambition was" (132). Through it all, "the mass of county voters (yes, a lot in the town too) were now his frantic followers and disciples" (132).
Chronological Order:
12.00
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Keywords:
Misreading, Ambition, Hypocrisy, Prejudice:Racial, Prejudice:Religious, Gullibility
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