As I Lay Dying, 229 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2014-08-13 15:09
Text: 
As I Lay Dying
Location: 
Southern Edge of Jefferson in As I Lay Dying (Location)
Page Number: 
229
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
This hill is red sand, bordered on either hand
Page Event Ends: 
231
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Anse Bundren
Cash Bundren
Darl Bundren
Dewey Dell Bundren
Jewel Bundren
Vardaman Bundren
Unnamed Three Negroes
Unnamed Town Negroes
Unnamed White Man on the Road
Characters Mentioned: 
Addie Bundren
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, July 9, 1927 to Saturday, July 30, 1927
Summary: 

At the moment the Bundrens finally reach Jefferson, the novel's only black characters nearly (if inadvertently) cause a fight when Jewel attributes their appalled reaction to the smell of Addie's corpse to a white man armed with a knife. Darl makes peace between his brother and the man. The Bundrens enter town.

Chronological Order: 
156.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Segregation Violence_Fight Knife Smell Disgust Pride Family_Honor Art_Statuette
Environment:
Olfactory›Decay | Public›Clock tower
Actions:
Emotional›Outrage | Emotional›Shock | Mental›Misunderstanding | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Apology | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Insulting | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues:
Class›Town v. country/farm | Race›Inverting a stereotype
Themes and Motifs:
Objects›knife
Relationships:
Familial›Brother-brother

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