Intruder in the Dust, 232 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2015-07-04 14:52
Text: 
Intruder in the Dust
Location: 
County Jail in Intruder in the Dust (Location)
Page Number: 
232
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
and strangers would be asking for weeks yet
Page Event Ends: 
232
Era: 
Midcentury (1941-)
Characters Present: 
Unnamed Strangers
Characters Mentioned: 
Crawford Gowrie
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Wednesday, May 14, 1947 to Monday, June 30, 1947
Summary: 

The narrative looks ahead to describe the incredulity of "strangers" who "for weeks" after the novel ends hear that a man in the Yoknapatawpha County jail could get hold of a gun to shoot himself with (232).

Chronological Order: 
209.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Aesthetics:TIme_Shift Suicide Violence:Shooting Pistol Outlanders Community_Image
Environment:
Place›Jail
Actions:
Verbal›Gossip | Violent›Suicide
Themes and Motifs:
Objects›Pistol | Time›Abrupt shift in time
Aesthetics:
Narrative›Parentheses

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