Go Down, Moses, 336 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2016-09-09 11:36
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
Hunting Camp in "Delta Autumn"|Go Down, Moses in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
336
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
He lay down again, his hands crossed again
Page Event Ends: 
337
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Present: 
Ike McCaslin
Characters Mentioned: 
Major de Spain
Roth Edmonds
Sam Fathers
"Hunters"
Unnamed Europeans
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, November 25, 1940 to Saturday, November 30, 1940
Summary: 

After being disturbed by Roth at the stove, Ike resumes his reflections on his life and the wilderness that has been his home. Even the thought that the wilderness is vanishing before "what people called progress" does not disturb his composure, or his faith that hunting is "immortal" (337).

Chronological Order: 
440.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Immortality, Hunting, Animal:Dogs, Animal:Deer, Allusion:Pheonix, Home, Progress, Destruction, Wilderness, Unity
Actions:
Hunting›Teaching
Cultural Issues:
Age›Youth vs age | Land-Use›Loss of wilderness | Land-Use›Ownership | Nationality›Old vs New World | Progress›Clearing the land
Themes and Motifs:
Memory›Remembering | Time›Transcended | Values›Good conduct
Relationships:
Interspecies›Man-nature

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