The Town, 315 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2018-06-25 14:04
Text: 
The Town
Location: 
Stevens-Mallison House in The Town (Location)
Page Number: 
315
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
It was like a circus day or the County fair. Or more:
Page Event Ends: 
315
Era: 
The Depression (1930-1940)
Characters Present: 
Charles (Chick) Mallison
Unnamed School Children
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1930 to Saturday, December 31, 1932
Summary: 

Charles introduces what's going to happen in Chapter Nineteen - acknowledging that it will have "a death in it too" (315) - incongruously, by talking about the children of Jefferson got "a school holiday" (315).

Chronological Order: 
416.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Death Education: School holiday Entertainment: County fair
Cultural Issues:
Ritual›Holiday
Themes and Motifs:
Death | Determinism›Fated
Aesthetics:
Figures of Speech›Simile | Narrative›First-person passim throughout section | Narrative›Foreshadowing

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