Absalom, Absalom!, 198 (Event)
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Location:
Page Number:
198
Order within Page:
3
First 8-10 words of event:
He was telling some more of it, already
Page Event Ends:
199
Era:
Pre-Removal (-1830)
Characters Present:
Characters Mentioned:
Narrative Status:
Told
Date:
Tuesday, January 10, 1826 to Sunday, December 31, 1826
Summary:
It is "six years" after Sutpen ran away from his family (199). He is in a "beseiged Haitian room," firing a gun out a window "in the dark" (198). It is suggested that the torches in the Yoknapatawpha swamp reminded him of this earlier moment. [SOURCE: Sutpen; Grandfather-Quentin]
Chronological Order:
25.00
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Keywords:
Darkness, Violence:Shooting, Associative_Thought
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