"Fool About a Horse", 128 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-08-26 16:20
Text: 
"Fool About a Horse"
Location: 
Jefferson Hardware Store|McCaslin Hardware Store in "Fool About a Horse" (Location)
Page Number: 
128
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
It was still there. I mind how I could see
Page Event Ends: 
129
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Pap
Unnamed Boy Narrator
Unnamed Jefferson Townspeople
Characters Mentioned: 
Jim
Doctor Peabody
Pat Stamper
Unnamed Jefferson Townspeople
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Thursday, July 8, 1880 to Saturday, July 31, 1880
Summary: 

Faced with even more embarrassment about the team of mules he traded for, Pap sends his son to "Doc Peabody's store" for a pint of whiskey to fortify him to face the crowd of onlookers - and to try to get his own back from Pat Stamper (129).

Chronological Order: 
16.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Farming:Equipment, Drinking, Whiskey, Mortification, Desperation, Animal:Mules, Scheming
Environment:
Public›Alley
Actions:
Emotional›Despair
Cultural Issues:
Alcohol›Wanting a drink
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Mules | Community›Crowd | Memory›Not remember
Aesthetics:
Tone›Overwrought

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