"Red Leaves", 329 (Event)

Submitted by garrettm@u.nort... on Wed, 2013-07-10 11:31

Text:

Location:

Barn in "Red Leaves" in "Red Leaves" (Location)

Page Number:

329

Order within Page:

1

First 8-10 words of event:

From the loft of the stable where he lay hidden

Page Event Ends:

329

Era:

Antebellum (1831-1860)

Characters Present:

Unnamed Indian Doctor

Unnamed Enslaved Servant

Unnamed Negro Infants

Unnamed Negro Mothers

Narrative Status:

Narrated

Date:

Thursday, January 1, 1852 to Friday, December 31, 1852

Summary:

Issetibbeha's body servant remains in the loft of the barn, listening to the far-off drums, envisioning the slave women with nursing children and watching the house where Issetibbeha is dying. Just before sunset he sees the doctor come out of the house.

Chronological Order:

9.41

Indeterminate Date Range:

Keywords:

Ritual; Nudity; Hiding; Healing

Environment:

Atmospheric›Dark | Domestic Space›Stable | Time of Day›Night

Actions:

Bodily›Hiding

Cultural Issues:

Themes and Motifs:

Animals›Rat | Objects›Drum | Objects›Fire

Aesthetics:

Diction›Neologism

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