Flags in the Dust, 26 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2013-11-20 09:34
Text: 
Flags in the Dust
Location: 
Mitchell House in Flags in the Dust (Location)
Page Number: 
26
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
Some of the antiseptic desolation of his tenancy had faded now,
Page Event Ends: 
33
Era: 
World War I(1914-1919)
Characters Present: 
Narcissa Benbow Sartoris
Jenny Du Pre
Meloney Harris
Belle Mitchell
Sis Rachel
Simon Strother
Unnamed Negro Chauffeur
Unnamed Negro Servant
Characters Mentioned: 
Horace Benbow
Harry Mitchell
(Young) Bayard Sartoris
Johnny Sartoris
Unnamed Hillman from Frenchman's Bend
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, March 1, 1919 to Saturday, May 31, 1919
Summary: 

Simon talks with other servants in Belle Mitchell's kitchen while Belle, Jenny, Narcissa and others end their card party in the parlor.

Chronological Order: 
71.20
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
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Environment:
Natural›Trees | Place›Graveyard | Time of Day›Dusk
Actions:
Domestic›Cooking | Emotional›Callousness | Play›Card playing | Verbal›Chatter | Verbal›Storytelling
Cultural Issues:
Clothes›Apron | Clothes›Uniform | Food›Ice-cream | Labor›Domestic | Land-Use›Loss of flora | Land-Use›Loss of wildlife | Mass Media›Magazines | Sexuality›Harassment | War›Death | War›Women
Themes and Motifs:
Body›Weight | Objects›Cigar | Values›Decorum
Relationships:
Interracial›White-black
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Geographical›New York | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Diction›Racist term

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