"A Justice", 347 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2016-02-17 16:14
Text: 
"A Justice"
Location: 
Landing on the Mississippi in "A Justice" (Location)
Page Number: 
347
Order within Page: 
3
First 8-10 words of event: 
can divide them." "I don't want them,"
Page Event Ends: 
348
Era: 
Pre-Removal (-1830)
Characters Present: 
Herman Basket
Crawfish-ford
Doom
Unnamed Enslaved Mother of Sam Fathers
Unnamed Slaves of Indians(2)
Characters Mentioned: 
Sometimes-Wakeup
The Man
Unnamed "French Chief"
Doom's Mother
Unnamed Son of The Man
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Saturday, January 4, 1817 to Friday, May 30, 1817
Summary: 

Doom reveals his new name, and his determination to be the Man, to his companions, while simultaneously showing the effect of the poison, "the New Orleans salt," that he will use to become the Man (347). His companions are non-committal, despite Doom's effort to bribe them.

Chronological Order: 
8.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Ambition, Poison, Animal:Dog, Animal:Horse, Slaves, Succession
Actions:
Economic›Bargaining | Violent›Poisoning | Violent›Threatening
Cultural Issues:
Class›Power | Clothes›Expensive and/or fancy clothes | Sexuality›Desire | Slavery›Indian slave-owners
Themes and Motifs:
Naming›Renaming
Aesthetics:
Figures of Speech›Ghost | Figures of Speech›Native American | Recurring Episodes›Ikkemotubbe becomes "Doom"

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