The Town, 328 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2018-06-26 14:40
Text: 
The Town
Location: 
Garraway Store in The Town (Location)
Page Number: 
328
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
But there would be plenty of time for that;
Page Event Ends: 
330
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Mr. Garraway
Gavin Stevens
Unnamed Negro Customers
Characters Mentioned: 
Manfred de Spain
Garraway, Father of Mr. Garraway
Eula Varner Snopes
Flem Snopes
Will Varner
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Tuesday, April 12, 1927 to Wednesday, April 20, 1927
Summary: 

Gavin tries to talk with Mr. Garraway about Eula's affair with De Spain, while making sure the "store full of Negroes" cannot overhear their conversation (329).

Chronological Order: 
299.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Race: Interracial relations; Emotional: Righteousness, Allusion: Historical Calvin Coolidge, Allusion: Historical: Al Smith, Action: Moral: Boycott
Actions:
Bodily›Shaking | Bodily›Trembling | Moral›Fraud | Moral›Judgmental | Verbal›Banter / small talk | Verbal›Discussion
Cultural Issues:
Food›Race | Race›Racial consciousness | Religion›Catholicism | Religion›Sin
Themes and Motifs:
Recurring Tropes›Open secret | Recurring Tropes›Scandal
Relationships:
Marital›Adultery
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Historical›Smith, Al | Narrative›Parentheses

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