Absalom, Absalom!, 257 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2017-12-10 09:54
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Location: 
Sutpen Plantation in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Page Number: 
257
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
"Because he hadn't even looked at her. Oh, he had
Page Event Ends: 
258
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present: 
Charles Bon
Ellen Coldfield Sutpen
Henry Sutpen
Judith Sutpen
Characters Mentioned: 
Mrs. Thomas Sutpen(1)
Thomas Sutpen
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Sunday, December 25, 1859 to Wednesday, January 4, 1860
Summary: 

Shreve describes Bon as too obsessed with his quest for recognition from the father to care about the meetings with Judith that Ellen arranged. [SOURCE: Shreve-Quentin]

Chronological Order: 
191.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Looking_vs_Seeing, Obsession, Courtship, Son-Father, Italics
Actions:
Mental›Planning
Themes and Motifs:
Objects›Letter
Relationships:
Familial›Father-son | Romantic›Courtship
Aesthetics:
Figures of Speech›Fish | Narrative›Conjectural narration | Typography/Orthography›Italics

digyok:node/event/16108