Absalom, Absalom!, 255 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2017-12-10 09:22
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location: 
University of Mississippi in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Page Number: 
255
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
then (Bon) agreeing at last, saying at last,
Page Event Ends: 
255
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
Charles Bon
Henry Sutpen
Characters Mentioned: 
Judith Sutpen
Mrs. Thomas Sutpen(1)
Thomas Sutpen
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Thursday, December 1, 1859 to Thursday, December 15, 1859
Summary: 

Bon accepts Henry's invitation to spend Christmas at Sutpen's Hundred - not "to see the sister," but to seek recognition from his father (255). [SOURCE: Shreve-Quentin]

Chronological Order: 
180.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Homecoming, Christmas, Italics, Longing, Son-Father, Ambivalence
Actions:
Mental›Thinking
Themes and Motifs:
Home›Homecoming | Recurring Tropes›Fairy-tale
Relationships:
Familial›Father-son
Aesthetics:
Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics

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