The Sound and the Fury, 312 (Event)

Submitted by sperkins@stanfo... on Tue, 2014-08-12 04:46
Text: 
The Sound and the Fury
Location: 
Mottstown|Mottson in The Sound and the Fury (Location)
Page Number: 
312
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
He started the engine and drove slowly
Page Event Ends: 
313
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Jason Compson
Unnamed Man in Mottson
Unnamed Mottson Pedestrians
Unnamed Negro Driver(2)
Unnamed Negroes in Mottson
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Sunday, April 8, 1928
Notes: 

Jason drives to a drugstore but it is locked. A passing man tells him there isn't any drugstore open now. He asks the man when the northbound train runs and the man tells Jason at 2:30 PM. Jason gets back in his car and waits. "Two negro lads" pass and he asks if they will drive him to Jefferson. He offers to pay one dollar and then two but they say they can't get away. Jason continues to wait as people pass. "A negro" comes up to his car and asks if he is the person who wants a ride to Jefferson. Jason tells him yes and the negro says he can drive for four dollars. Jason agrees.

Summary: 

Jason returns to his car, finds the drugstore in Mottson locked, nurses his headance while looking at the passersby, and hires a black man to drive him back to Jefferson.

Chronological Order: 
19.62
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Drive, Time, Money, Transaction
Environment:
Auditory›Clock chiming | Place›Drugstore / pharmacy | Time of Year›Easter
Actions:
Economic›Hiring / employing / offering a job | Movement›Driving | Verbal›Negotiation
Cultural Issues:
Clothes›Sunday clothes | Ritual›Easter
Themes and Motifs:
Time›Awareness of time

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