"Centaur in Brass", 163 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
163
Order within Page:
2
First 8-10 words of event:
Then Tom-Tom put on one of her nightgowns
Page Event Ends:
164
Era:
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Mentioned:
Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Thursday, April 24, 1930 to Wednesday, April 30, 1930
Summary:
Disguised as his wife, Tom-Tom waits on his porch until Turl arrives. The two men begin fighting furiously, Tom-Tom for revenge and Turl to escape. This Event contains the story's title passage: with Tom-Tom on Turl's back, wielding a butcher knife, they look like "a strange and furious beast with two heads and a single pair of legs like an inverted centaur" (164).
Chronological Order:
26.20
Indeterminate Date Range:
Keywords:
Disguise
Drag
Knife
Violence
Ambush
Environment:
Cultural Issues:
Aesthetics:
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