Department of English
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
Strangers at the Feast
(2010)
Jennifer Vanderbes
(1974 – )
Notes
9 Thanksgiving: celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving is a national holiday in the United States to mark the 1621 autumn harvest feast of the Plymouth pilgrims with the Wampanoag Indians which is considered to be the first Thanksgiving
70 Ginger Rogers: American actress most known for her film roles opposite Fred Astaire such as Swing Time (1936)
ginger (Merriam-Webster)
3: a light reddish or reddish-brown color <ginger hair>
75 Lev Kuleshov:
75 Kuleshov Effect:
The original Kuleshov Experiment (video clip, 0:17 min.)
Dean Mobbs, et al., "The Kuleshov Effect: The Influence of Contextual Framing on Emotional Attributions" (2006)
183 Since the unions had never let in blacks:
183 Yale & Towne: lock manufacturing company
189 Lavinia Fontana: sixteenth-century Italian painter
189 Marietta Tintoretto: sixteenth-century Italian painter
224 eminent domain: the right of the state to take private property for public use (WordNet Search 3.0)
224 F. D. Rich: Frank D. Rich, Sr. is an immigrant from Italy who settled in Stamford, Connecticut as a stonemason "building fireplaces and stone walls"
228 blight: in construction or urban development, deteriorating or deteriorated area
286 blight:
blight (Merriam-Webster)
1a: a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (as leaves and tubers)
b: an organism (as an insect or a fungus) that causes blight
2: something that frustrates plans or hopes
3: something that impairs or destroys
4: a deteriorated condition <urban blight>
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Eleanor Olson –
Denise Olson –
Douglas Olson –
Gavin Olson –
Ginger Olson, Ginny –
Alrek Olson –
Priya –
Kijo Jackson –
Grandma Rose –
Detective Bill O'Shea –
Dr. Blaise Langley – (13)
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Bridgeport –
Stamford –
Southfield Village –
Vidal Court –
Westport – (4)
Time
November
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Vanderbes, Jennifer. Strangers at the Feast. New York: Scribner, 2010.
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