"Appendix: Compson", 325 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2018-05-23 08:14
Text: 
"Appendix: Compson"
Location: 
Compson Place in "Appendix: Compson" (Location)
Page Number: 
325
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
IKKEMOTUBBE. A dispossessed American king. Called 'Du Homme'
Page Event Ends: 
325
Era: 
Pre-Removal (-1830)
Characters Present: 
Jason Lycurgus Compson
Ikkemotubbe
Unnamed French Chevalier
Characters Mentioned: 
Napoleon
Unnamed Indian Agent
Unnamed King(1)
Unnamed Marshals of Napoleon
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Friday, January 1, 1813 to Friday, December 31, 1813
Summary: 

The Chief of the Chickasaw tribe transfers "a solid square mile of Mississippi dirt" to "the grandson of a Scottish refugee" - the first Compson in Yoknapatawpha (325).

Chronological Order: 
9.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Themes and Motifs: Dispossession Themes and Motifs: Belatedness Themes and Motifs: Exile Themes and Motifs: Naming Themes and Motifs: Language Land Use: Deforestration Property
Environment:
Atmospheric›Meteor shower | Natural›Woods | Place›Jefferson
Actions:
Economic›Selling land | Economic›Trading
Cultural Issues:
Class›Aristocratic posing | Class›Birthright | Class›French nobility | Cultural Identity›American | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Race›Chickasaw | Race›Native American | War›Refugee
Themes and Motifs:
Exile›Dispossession | Inheritance›Property | Naming›Indian name | Naming›Renaming | Recurring Tropes›Belatedness | Recurring Tropes›Year the stars fell | Texts›Translation
Relationships:
Familial›Foster family | Interracial›Indian-white
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Geographical›Scotland | Allusion, Historical›Bonaparte, Napoleon | Figures of Speech›King and/or queen | Language›Fragments | Language›French | Recurring Episodes›Compson land acquired | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom" | Recurring Episodes›Indian removal

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