"A Bear Hunt", 74 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2017-10-04 12:59
Text: 
"A Bear Hunt"
Location: 
Fishing Camp|Hunting Camp in "A Bear Hunt" (Location)
Page Number: 
74
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
and I would have to laugh until Major says,
Page Event Ends: 
75
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Present: 
Major de Spain
Ratliff
Unnamed Hunters
Unnamed Negro Men at Hunting Camp
Characters Mentioned: 
(Old Man) Ash
John Basket
Lucius "Luke" Provine
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Thursday, November 10, 1932 to Wednesday, November 30, 1932
Summary: 

First de Spain and then Ratliff call for Ash to fetch in the whisky, but it is "another one of the niggers" who does so; he explains that Ash has gone up towards the mound (74).

Chronological Order: 
27.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Drinking, Absence, Relationship:Master-Servant
Environment:
Place›Indian mound
Actions:
Bodily›Drinking | Emotional›Laughing | Moral›Scheming | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues:
Alcohol›Whiskey
Themes and Motifs:
Absence/Loss›Absence | Arrivals/Departures›Leaving
Relationships:
Hierarchical›Master-servant
Aesthetics:
Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term

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