The Mansion, 357 (Event)

Submitted by jburgers@gc.cuny.edu on Wed, 2018-06-13 11:23
Text: 
The Mansion
Location: 
Courthouse and Square in The Mansion (Location)
Page Number: 
357
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
Because in January '43 Jefferson learned
Page Event Ends: 
358
Era: 
Midcentury (1941-)
Characters Present: 
Jason Compson
Flem Snopes
Unnamed Jefferson Townspeople
Characters Mentioned: 
Unnamed Italian Marble Syndicate
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Friday, January 1, 1943 to Monday, January 31, 1944
Summary: 

By 1943 it becomes clear that Snopes had bought the Compson land as a private investor. Jason starts nettling him in public because he believes that he has tricked him into buying hilly land upon which the government was never going to build an airfield.

Chronological Order: 
561.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Action: Interaction: Scam, Flem's Schemes
Actions:
Verbal›Taunt
Cultural Issues:
Class›Respectability | War›Profiting from war
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Geographical›Columbus, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Greenville, Mississippi | Allusion, Geographical›Mississippi Delta

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