As I Lay Dying, 73 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2014-08-22 17:21
Text: 
As I Lay Dying
Location: 
Bundren House in As I Lay Dying (Location)
Page Number: 
73
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
It was nigh toward daybreak when we drove
Page Event Ends: 
73
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Vardaman Bundren
Cora Tull
Vernon Tull
Characters Mentioned: 
Addie Bundren
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, July 2, 1927 to Saturday, July 23, 1927
Summary: 

Vernon reports that Vardaman kept opening the window beside the bed where Addie's corpse is lying, even though the rain blew in on her. To stop this, "they" put her into the coffin and nail it shut (73).

Chronological Order: 
77.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Air Death Rain Corpse
Environment:
Time of Day›Daybreak | Weather›Rain
Actions:
Emotional›Grief | Emotional›Sympathy | Physical›Confining | Physical›Escape from confinement
Themes and Motifs:
Death›Coffin | Death›Corpse

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