"Centaur in Brass", 154 (Event)

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Thu, 2015-06-04 16:09
Text: 
"Centaur in Brass"
Location: 
Jefferson Municipal Power Plant in "Centaur in Brass" (Location)
Page Number: 
154
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
But even that wore away after a while
Page Event Ends: 
157
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Present: 
Harker
Flem Snopes
Tom-Tom
Turl
Characters Mentioned: 
V.K. Suratt
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Wednesday, August 1, 1928 to Tuesday, April 30, 1929
Notes: 

TMT: I dated this Event as I did to allow for the fact that what happens initially becomes Harker's "nightly joke" to Turl (157).

Summary: 

Five months after stealing the safety whistles, Flem starts testing the junk piles in the plant for brass and plants a suspicion that Turl is stealing brass and planning to frame Tom-Tom for it.

Chronological Order: 
9.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Political Corruption, Theft, Race
Actions:
Bodily›Chewing | Moral›Deception
Cultural Issues:
Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Property | Race›Black property ownership | Race›Hierarchical
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Mules | Character›Predatory | Objects›Brass | Objects›Watch
Relationships:
Hierarchical›Employer-employee | Interracial›White-black | Marital›Husband-wife

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