"Two Soldiers", 89 (Event)

Submitted by scott.t.chancel... on Sun, 2014-08-10 16:50
Text: 
"Two Soldiers"
Location: 
Jefferson Railroad Station in "Two Soldiers" (Location)
Page Number: 
89
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
And there was the bus, just like when Pete got into it
Page Event Ends: 
92
Era: 
Midcentury (1941-)
Characters Present: 
Mr. Foote
Boy Grier
Mrs. Habersham
Unnamed People in Bus Depot
Unnamed Social Worker
Unnamed Ticket Seller
Characters Mentioned: 
Pete Grier
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Friday, January 2, 1942 to Saturday, January 31, 1942
Summary: 

The narrator displays his determination to get to Memphis in various ways to the ticket agent, the "Law" and the two town women who are called in to handle his case.

Chronological Order: 
17.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Bus Depot; Violence; Bartering Knife Social Work Eating Telephone
Environment:
Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions:
Bodily›Eating | Economic›Paying | Economic›Trading | Verbal›Command | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Joking | Verbal›Negotiation | Verbal›Threat
Cultural Issues:
Clothes›Overalls | Identity, Cultural›Rural | Mass Media›Telephone
Themes and Motifs:
Objects›knife
Relationships:
Civic›child protection | Familial›Sibling | Social›Adversarial | Social›Paternalism
Aesthetics:
Figures of Speech›Hyperbole | Tone›Humorous

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