Go Down, Moses, 221 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2016-08-11 08:58
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
Memphis in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
221
Order within Page: 
5
First 8-10 words of event: 
They could get a return train to Hoke's in
Page Event Ends: 
222
Era: 
Reconstruction (1866-1889)
Characters Present: 
Boon Hogganbeck
Ike McCaslin
Unnamed Man in Memphis Station
Negro Waiter
Unnamed Restaurant Customers
Unnamed Restaurant Manager
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, December 1, 1884 to Wednesday, December 10, 1884
Summary: 

Despite Ike's efforts to get him back to the woods, Boon spends the afternoon in Memphis, drinking and trying to interest the city people in the story of Old Ben and Lion. He wants to go to the zoo, but it is likely that they never get there. (Faulkner gets ahead of history here, because the Memphis zoo did not open until 1907.)

Chronological Order: 
178.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Story-Telling, Indifference, Drinking, Zoo, City_vs_Wilderness
Environment:
Public›Train Station/Train depot
Actions:
Bodily›Drinking | Movement›Train
Cultural Issues:
Alcohol›Drunkenness
Themes and Motifs:
Story-telling›Audience response

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