The Mansion, 358 (Event)

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Wed, 2018-06-13 11:29
Text: 
The Mansion
Location: 
Courthouse and Square in The Mansion (Location)
Page Number: 
358
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
Or maybe Jason was whistling in the dark
Page Event Ends: 
359
Era: 
Midcentury (1941-)
Characters Present: 
Jason Compson
Flem Snopes
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Friday, January 1, 1943 to Monday, January 31, 1944
Summary: 

After he sells the land to Flem, Jason must have intuited that he had made a bad deal. It turns out Flem was not waiting to use the land for an airstrip, but was waiting to develop the property for housing.

Chronological Order: 
561.50
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Cultural Issue: Economic: Property, Theme: Flem's Schemes
Actions:
Economic›Scheming
Cultural Issues:
Class›Social mobility | History›Baby Boom | Progress›Growing population | War›Profiting from war | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs:
Character›Shrewdness

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