Go Down, Moses, 242 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2016-08-18 09:59
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
McCaslin Commissary in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
242
Order within Page: 
5
First 8-10 words of event: 
'Relinquish,' McCaslin said. 'Relinquish. You, the direct male descendant
Page Event Ends: 
243
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Cass Edmonds
Ike McCaslin
Characters Mentioned: 
Ikkemotubbe
Buck McCaslin
Buddy McCaslin
Lucius Quintus Carothers McCaslin
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, October 1, 1888 to Wednesday, October 31, 1888
Summary: 

Ike begins trying to explain to his cousin why he is "renouncing" his inheritance, despite being (as Cass puts it) "the direct male descendant" of the man who built the plantation (242).

Chronological Order: 
225.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Renunciation, Ownership, Family_Ancestry
Environment:
Place›History
Actions:
Moral›Renounce | Verbal›Renunciation
Cultural Issues:
Identity, Cultural›Heritage | Land-Use›Ownership
Themes and Motifs:
Inheritance›Property | Texts›Deed
Relationships:
Familial›Cousin-cousin | Familial›Descendants

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