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Plot Summary Of 'Mr. Snopes'

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Cawley
Aldin Cawley
Hensley
English 11/Fifth period
08 January 2018
Part 1: Plot summary Mr. Snopes is wrongly convicted about burning a barn down and is in court brought before the Justice of the Peace to decide whether to prosecute him or send him away. The verdict is that the Snopes family has to leave the county and go th Yoknapatawpha county. Once there they go to their new house and everyone is happy, even Mr. Snopes. Before they go inside Major de Spains’ house Mr. Snopes steps in horse feces, which then get tracked inside onto Major de Spains’ rug. The rug gets burnt in the process of cleaning it.Mr. Snopes wakes up Sarty to help him deliver the rug. When Mr. Snopes returns the burnt rug to Major de Spain he notices the burn marks
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