The Mansion, 342 (Event)

Page Number: 
342
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
Charles's Uncle Gavin told him how suddenly one day
Page Event Ends: 
344
Era: 
Midcentury (1941-)
Characters Present: 
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Friday, May 25, 1945 to Sunday, June 10, 1945
Summary: 

The narrator reports (in what is explicitly a third-person paraphrase of what "Uncle Gavin told him" - i.e. Charles) how Clarence pretended to endorse Devries in a conversation that was passed throughout his voting block; Clarence thereby stokes their racial fears that, once in office, Devries will pass "legislation to break down forever the normal and natural . . . barriers between the white man and the black one" (343).

Chronological Order: 
589.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Racism, Fear, Miscegenation, Politics, Manipulation, Cultural Issue: Politics: Segregation

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