Sanctuary, 221 (Event)

Submitted by tmtowner@utdall... on Thu, 2014-05-22 17:26
Text: 
Sanctuary
Location: 
Jefferson Courthouse and Square in Sanctuary (Location)
Page Number: 
221
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
He walked to town and crossed the deserted square.
Page Event Ends: 
222
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Horace Benbow
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Tuesday, June 4, 1929
Notes: 

Horace arrives in Jefferson at 3 AM, having taken the midnight train from Memphis.

Summary: 

After returning to Jefferson at 3 a.m. Horace crosses the square. His Memphis trip now seems like an event out of time, "a dream filled with all the nightmare shapes it had taken him forty-three years to invent" (222).

Chronological Order: 
182.50
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Homecoming
Environment:
Public›Town Square | Time of Day›Three o'clock a.m.
Actions:
Bodily›Nausea | Physical›Walking
Cultural Issues:
Health and Illness›Nausea
Themes and Motifs:
Absence/Loss›Loss of innocence | Community›Alienation | Time›Frozen / Static

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