The Sound and the Fury, 85 (Event)

Submitted by thagood@fau.edu on Thu, 2014-04-17 15:36

Text:

The Sound and the Fury

Location:

Cambridge Inset: Hardware Store in The Sound and the Fury (Location)

Page Number:

Order within Page:

First 8-10 words of event:

I saw the hardware store from across the street

Page Event Ends:

Era:

Turn of the Century (1890-1913)

Characters Present:

Quentin Compson

Unnamed Hardware Store Clerk

Characters Mentioned:

Mr. Jason Compson

Narrative Status:

Narrated

Date:

Thursday, June 2, 1910

Summary:

Quentin goes into the hardware store to purchase two six-pound flat irons (to help him stay underwater when he jumps into the river later), thinking again of time and remembering what his father "said about the reducto absurdum of human experience" (85).

Chronological Order:

11.37

Indeterminate Date Range:

Keywords:

six pound, tailor's goose, reducto absurdum, suicide_preparations, weight

Environment:

Public›Store | Public›Street

Actions:

Interaction, Private›Store owner-customer | Mental›Learning | Mental›Thinking | Verbal›Conversation

Cultural Issues:

Clothes›Shoes | Education›Harvard

Themes and Motifs: