The Town, 143 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2018-06-19 09:57
Text: 
The Town
Location: 
Judge Stevens'|Gavin Stevens' Office in The Town (Location)
Page Number: 
143
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
So you see how much effort a man will make
Page Event Ends: 
145
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Present: 
Gavin Stevens
Characters Mentioned: 
McCarron
Eula Varner Snopes
Flem Snopes
Linda Snopes
Snopeses
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1930 to Saturday, December 31, 1932
Summary: 

Addressing the reader as "you," Gavin uses his irrational anguish over Eula as an occasion to speculate on "how much effort a man will make" to defend himself against "peace of mind" (143).

Chronological Order: 
404.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Ambivalence, Narration: Address to readers, Capitalization, Nothingness
Actions:
Emotional›Jealousy
Cultural Issues:
Class›Snopesism | Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny | Gender›Reproduction | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Bugs | Animals›Insects lice | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Relationships:
Familial›Father-son | Familial›Grandparent-grandchild | Familial›Uncertain relationship | Familial›Uncle-nephew
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Literary›Housman, A.E. | Figures of Speech›Metaphor | Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Language›Profanity | Narrative›Second-person directed | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization | Typography/Orthography›Italics

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