Light in August, 119 (Event)

Page Number: 
119
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
a corridor in a big long garbled cold echoing
Page Event Ends: 
122
Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present: 
Characters Mentioned: 
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, October 15, 1900 to Wednesday, October 31, 1900
Notes: 

JBP: Parochial doctor mentioned in this event not yet in Drupal.
TMT: Not sure he needs to be; he doesn't have a role in the plot.

Summary: 

In the orphanage where he lives, Joe sneaks into the dietician's room to eat her toothpaste, and when her tryst keeps him from leaving, he eats too much of it and vomits. Afraid he will tell on her, the dietician calls him a "little rat" and a "nigger bastard" (122).

Chronological Order: 
46.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Eating, Sexual Relationships, Sex, Racism, Racial Identity

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