The Sound and the Fury, 123 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
123
Order within Page:
8
First 8-10 words of event:
Some days in late August at home are like this
Page Event Ends:
124
Era:
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present:
Characters Mentioned:
Narrative Status:
Narrated+Consciousness
Date:
Thursday, June 2, 1910
Summary:
Quentin compares the weather to some August weather "at home" (123). The thought seems to prompt the recollection of a conversation with his father, perhaps in August, 1909, about life as a "stalemate of dust and desire" (124).
Chronological Order:
12.06
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Keywords:
days
August
Compson Place
Jefferson
Man
climatic experiences
impure properties
nil
stalemate of dust
dust
stalemate of desire
desire
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Actions:
Themes and Motifs:
Death›Preparing for death | Meaning›Meaninglessness | Memory›Remembering | Philosophical›Human experience | Philosophical›Human nature | Philosophical›Nihilism | Philosophical›Reduction / summing up | Philosophical›Tedious / tedium | Recurring Tropes›Father said | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Recurring Tropes›Tomorrow and tomorrow
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