The Mansion, 267 (Event)

Submitted by ben.robbins@fu-... on Mon, 2018-06-04 11:13
Text: 
The Mansion
Location: 
Sartoris Bank|Merchants' and Farmers' Bank in The Mansion (Location)
Page Number: 
267
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
And out, fast and quick out of his house
Page Event Ends: 
269
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Present: 
Flem Snopes
Gavin Stevens
Characters Mentioned: 
Gihon
Herbert Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
President Roosevelt
Unnamed Mail Clerk
Narrative Status: 
Hypothesized
Date: 
Wednesday, June 5, 1940 to Saturday, June 15, 1940
Summary: 

Gavin imagines sending an anonymous tip to the FBI letting them know that Flem Snopes has a Communist party card. The postcard would have said, "If you will come up to Jefferson Miss and serch warant the bank and home of Flem Snopes you will fined a commonist party Card" (269).

Chronological Order: 
505.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Framing, Government, Intelligence, Deception, Writing, Allusion: J. Edgar Hoover, Allusion: Herbert Hoover
Actions:
Communication›Letter | Economic›Scheming | Moral›Deception | Verbal›Writing
Cultural Issues:
Government›Federal Bureau of Investigation | History›Anti-Communism|McCarthy Era
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Geographical›Jackson, Mississippi | Diction›Rural vernacular | Language›Misspelling

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