The Sound and the Fury, 86 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
86
Order within Page:
2
First 8-10 words of event:
until that morning in Virginia. The train was stopped
Page Event Ends:
88
Era:
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present:
Characters Mentioned:
Narrative Status:
Remembered
Date:
Wednesday, December 1, 1909 to Saturday, December 25, 1909
Summary:
While on the streetcar thinking about race, Quentin remembers his trip home for Christmas break and his encountering a southern African American man on a mule in Virginia who seems very different from the man Quentin sits beside now.
Chronological Order:
9.95
Indeterminate Date Range:
Keywords:
Christmas gift, boss, quarter, Santy Claus, rabbit of a mule, train, childlike
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Actions:
Cultural Issues:
Class›Gentility | Clothes›Blanket | Clothes›Pants | Education›Primary school | Entertainment›Fireworks | Food›Candy | Health and Illness›Gastrointestinal discomfort | Materialism›Machinery or mechanical references | Prejudice›Infantilizing of blacks | Prejudice›White supremacy | Race›Friendly interaction | Race›Racial consciousness | Race›Uncle as term for black man | Race›White race | Ritual›Christmas gift game | Ritual›Christmas holiday traditions | Technology›Steam locomotive
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Mules | Body›Stomach/belly | Character›Childlike | Character›Reliability | Home›Homebound | Memory›Remembering | Money›Quarter coin | Objects›Toys | Objects›Wagon | Objects›Windows | Past›Personal past | Recurring Tropes›Paradox | Recurring Tropes›Stillness | Recurring Tropes›Thinking of home | Time›Frozen / Static
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