Submitted by dotty.dye@asu.edu on Tue, 2014-08-12 02:46
Mrs. Bundren is a "duck-shaped woman" (260) from whom Anse borrows shovels to bury Addie and then - to the shock of his remaining children - marries the next morning.
Submitted by dotty.dye@asu.edu on Tue, 2014-08-12 02:42
This man, identified only as "the white man" (229), nearly gets into a fight with Jewel after Jewel, mistakenly believing he was the person who commented on the smell of Addie’s coffin, swears and throws a wild punch. In response, the man pulls out "an open knife" - but Darl gets him to put it up after Jewel "takes back" what he said (230).
Submitted by dotty.dye@asu.edu on Tue, 2014-08-12 02:40
As the Bundrens enter Jefferson from the south they pass "negro cabins" along the road (229). As the wagon passes a group of "three negroes" walking on the road, they react with "that expression of shock and instinctive outrage" that has accompanied the Bundrens along their route (229). One of the men in this group exclaims "Great God . . . what they got in that wagon?" (229).
Submitted by dotty.dye@asu.edu on Tue, 2014-08-12 02:36
The people who live in the "negro cabins" at the southern edge of town in this novel appear mainly as the "faces" that "come suddenly to the doors, white-eyed," as the Bundrens pass by with their malodorous burden (229).
Submitted by dotty.dye@asu.edu on Tue, 2014-08-12 02:29
Mack Gillespie is "Mr. Gillespie's boy" (216). He helps his father and the Bundrens move Addie's coffin into the barn, and then later works to help save the livestock from the fire in the barn. Vardaman notes that his legs "fuzz" in the moonlight (216).
Submitted by dotty.dye@asu.edu on Tue, 2014-08-12 02:26
Gillespie is a farmer who lives between Mottson and Jefferson. He agrees to let the Bundrens stop for the night on his property, but when his barn burns down as a result he threatens to sue the family unless they have Darl committed to Jackson.
Submitted by dotty.dye@asu.edu on Tue, 2014-08-12 02:23
The man lives at the place outside Mottson where the Bundren’s stop to mix cement for Cash's leg. He loans them a bucket, but after smelling the corpse they are carrying in the wagon retreats to watch them from his porch.
Submitted by sperkins@stanfo... on Tue, 2014-08-12 01:35
On the way to church, Dilsey, Frony, Luster, and Benjy pass "white people in bright clumps" (290). Frony tells Dilsey that she hears "folks talkin" about Dilsey bringing Benjy to her church. Dilsey responds: "And I knows whut kinds of folks... Trash white folks. Dat's who it is. Thinks he aint good enough fer white church, but nigger church aint good enough fer him" (290). Jason also notes the people going to church as he drives out of town chasing after his niece.
