Spoon River Anthology, Hildrup Tubbs summary
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In Hildrup Tubbs, Hildrup Tubbs recounts two failed political efforts, first outside his party and then through control of it. Bitter after defeat, he seeks comfort in money through a role handling a bankrupt bank’s fund, but finds social rejection, fading pleasures, and years in which Death ignores him.
What happens
- Hildrup Tubbs leaves his party to campaign for independence and reform, but suffers defeat.
- He captures control of his former party with his rebel support, yet loses again.
- Bitter and discredited, he uses his remaining power to become assignee of the fund at Thomas Rhodes’s bankrupt bank.
- Everyone rejects him, his hair whitens, and desire, tobacco, and whiskey lose their appeal.
- He describes Death as ignoring him for years, as it ignores a hog.
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What to notice
Tubbs presents continued life as neglect rather than comfort. The animal comparison closes his account with humiliation and bitterness.
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What role does Tubbs take at Thomas Rhodes’s bankrupt bank?
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