Go Down, Moses, 45 (Event)

Submitted by rlcoleman@usout... on Thu, 2016-08-04 05:56
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
McCaslin-Edmonds Place in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
45
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
Lucas waited in the kitchen, keeping the fire going in
Page Event Ends: 
45
Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present: 
Lucas Beauchamp
Molly Beauchamp
Zack Edmonds' Wife
Roth Edmonds
Zack Edmonds
Characters Mentioned: 
Unnamed Doctor
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, March 1, 1897 to Wednesday, March 31, 1897
Summary: 

Lucas' wife Molly delivers Zack Edmonds' child while Lucas swims a badly flooded creek to fetch the doctor. By the time he gets back, Zack's wife is dead, and "his own wife already established in the white man's house" (45).

Chronological Order: 
264.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
kitchen, child birth delivery, doctor, Allusion:Lethe, Flood, Heroism, Race_Relations
Environment:
Weather›Flood
Actions:
Bodily›Childbirth | Mental›Remembering | Movement›Crossing
Cultural Issues:
Race›Black family working for white
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Mules
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Mythical›Lethe

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