"A Point of Law", 214 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2016-07-16 09:24
Text: 
"A Point of Law"
Location: 
McCaslin-Edmonds Place in "A Point of Law" (Location)
Page Number: 
214
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
When he reached the big house, he didn't
Page Event Ends: 
215
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Present: 
Lucas Beauchamp
Roth Edmonds
Characters Mentioned: 
Old Zach Edmonds
Lucas' Older Daughter
Beauchamp, Grandchildren of Lucas
George Wilkins
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Friday, April 26, 1940
Summary: 

Lucas tells Roth Edmonds about the "kettle" that George Wilkins is "running" on his property; Edmonds angrily telephones for the sheriff (214).

Chronological Order: 
7.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Race_Relations; Landlord_Tenant_Relation; Scheming; Moonshine; Telephone; Anger; Revelation; Economic_Status
Environment:
Domestic Space›Plantation house | Domestic Space›Veranda | Time of Day›Night
Actions:
Emotional›Anger | Interaction, Private›Conversation | Verbal›Conversation
Cultural Issues:
Alcohol›Bootlegging | Law›Sheriff | Mass Media›Telephone | Race›Etiquette | Race›Masquerade
Relationships:
Commercial›Employer-employee | Commercial›Landlord-tenant | Familial›Cousin-cousin | Hierarchical›Elder-younger | Interracial›Etiquette | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics:
Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term | Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›Conjectural narration

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