The Town, 364 (Event)

CUT: Ratliff describes the conflict between Gavin Stevens and Flem Snopes as a "contest" in which Flem is "running a little mild game against his-self" or playing a "game of solitaire ... against Jefferson" (364, 365).

Summary:

Ratliff sums up what Gavin and Flem do between April and October: Gavin continues to plan to "get Linda out of Jefferson" and to free himself from Snopeses; Flem pursues his quest for respectability, buying De Spain's family mansion and preening himself as "being president of one of the two Yoknapatawpha County banks"; together Gavin and Flem arrange to create a monument to place on Eula's grave (364).

Chronological Order:

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Indeterminate Date Range:

Keywords:

Questing, Respectability, Monument, Photograph

Cultural Issues:

Class›Ambition | Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Respectability | Class›Snopesism

Themes and Motifs:

Death›Suicide | Objects›Monument | Objects›Photograph

Relationships:

Familial›Parents-children | Social›Adversarial

Aesthetics: