"Uncle Willy", 244 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2017-06-08 13:59
Text: 
"Uncle Willy"
Location: 
Courthouse and Square in "Uncle Willy" (Location)
Page Number: 
244
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
Oh yes, I know what they said about me
Page Event Ends: 
245
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Present: 
Unnamed Narrator
Characters Mentioned: 
Mrs. Merridew
Secretary
Unnamed Father of Narrator
Jefferson Townspeople
Job Wylie
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1935 to Monday, September 30, 1935
Summary: 

The narrator gets ahead of the story, describing what "they said" - his father and Mrs. Merridew first, and then the larger community - about how, as the "white" person, the narrator had failed to act responsibly with Willy (245).

Chronological Order: 
73.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
x
Environment:
Time of Day›Morning
Actions:
Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Accusatory
Cultural Issues:
Age›Adolescence | Race›Racial consciousness
Themes and Motifs:
Community›Knowledge
Relationships:
Familial›Father-son | Interracial›White-black | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics:
Narrative›Commentary

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