"By the People", 134 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2017-11-01 12:20
Text: 
"By the People"
Location: 
Courthouse and Square in "By the People" (Location)
Page Number: 
134
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
That was who was going to run against Snopes
Page Event Ends: 
134
Era: 
Midcentury (1941-)
Characters Present: 
Charles
Gavin Stevens
Unnamed People of Yoknapatawpha(2)
Characters Mentioned: 
Devries
Clarence Eggleston Snopes
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Friday, January 1, 1954 to Friday, April 30, 1954
Summary: 

Devries' candidacy causes the people of the narrator's "age and time" in Yoknapatawpha to feel exultation, but in conversation with the narrator Gavin Stevens debunks the narrator's optimism (134).

Chronological Order: 
24.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Generational_Progress, Optimism_vs_Cynicism
Actions:
Interaction, Private›Conversation
Cultural Issues:
Age›Generation gap | Progress›Social | War›As educational
Relationships:
Familial›Uncle-nephew | Social›Social organizations

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