"The Bear", 281 (Event)

Submitted by padgettjb@breva... on Tue, 2015-05-19 11:39
Text: 
"The Bear"
Location: 
Fishing Camp|Hunting Camp in "The Bear" (Location)
Page Number: 
281
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
He was ten. But it had already begun, long before
Page Event Ends: 
281
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Unnamed Boy Hunter
Characters Mentioned: 
General Compson
Major de Spain
Unnamed Father of Boy Hunter
Unnamed Hunters
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Thursday, November 1, 1877 to Thursday, November 15, 1877
Summary: 

A ten-year-old boy experiences for his first time a hunting and fishing camp in the Big Bottom, home of a “tremendous bear with one trap-ruined foot” (281) that he had heard about for years.

Chronological Order: 
7.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Childhood, Memory, Hunting, Wilderness, Animal:Bear, Fall, November, June, Inheritance
Environment:
Natural›Wilderness | Place›Hunting camps | Time of Year›June | Time of Year›November
Actions:
Mental›Remembering | Perceptual›Seeing
Cultural Issues:
Age›Coming of age | Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Identity, Personal›Hunter
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Named bear Ben | Inheritance | Naming›Importance of naming
Relationships:
Intergenerational›Hunting party

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