"By the People", 89 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2017-11-01 09:55
Text: 
"By the People"
Location: 
Frenchman's Bend in "By the People" (Location)
Page Number: 
89
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
But not now. Not any more now. Now when
Page Event Ends: 
130
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Clarence Eggleston Snopes
Gavin Stevens
Unnamed Gang Member
Unnamed Negroes in Frenchman's Bend
Unnamed People of Yoknapatawpha(2)
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Thursday, January 1, 1925 to Thursday, December 31, 1925
Summary: 

As a new constable, Clarence Snopes continues to beat Negroes, but "now" he does so in order to reaffirm "his official power" (89); for similar reasons, he is "ruthless and savage" in his treatment of a white member of his old gang (130). The narrator again quotes "Uncle Gavin" to help explain Snopes' behavior (130).

Chronological Order: 
5.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Power, Violence:Racial, Betrayal, Aesthetics:Interpretive_Gloss, Character_Change, Misreading
Cultural Issues:
Law›Police | Race›Law | Violence›By police
Themes and Motifs:
Character›Personality change | Character›Power

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