"Spotted Horses", 168 (Event)

Submitted by dotty.dye@asu.edu on Tue, 2012-05-22 19:54
Text: 
"Spotted Horses"
Location: 
Mrs. Littlejohn's Lot in "Spotted Horses" (Location)
Page Number: 
168
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
It wasn't ere a man knowed yet if Flem owned
Page Event Ends: 
171
Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present: 
Henry Armstid
Mrs. Armstid
Buck
Mrs. Littlejohn
Ad Snopes
Eck Snopes
Narrator
Characters Mentioned: 
Flem Snopes
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, March 1, 1909 to Friday, April 30, 1909
Summary: 

At sunup the next morning (a Saturday), Buck starts the auction. It lasts until sundown.

Chronological Order: 
9.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Auction Wild Horses Gendered Spheres Poverty Envy
Actions:
Economic›Auction | Emotional›Despair | Interaction, Social›Auction | Mental›Speculation | Physical›Washing clothes
Cultural Issues:
Class›Ambition | Clothes›Rural poverty | Gender›Men vs women
Themes and Motifs:
Absence/Loss›Absence as disguise | Chaos/Order›Control | Chaos/Order›Wildness
Relationships:
Marital›Abusive
Aesthetics:
Diction›Western vernacular | Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned

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