Absalom, Absalom!, 250 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
250
Order within Page:
1
First 8-10 words of event:
and one night he walked up the gangplank
Page Event Ends:
251
Era:
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present:
Characters Mentioned:
Narrative Status:
Told
Date:
Thursday, August 4, 1859 to Wednesday, August 31, 1859
Summary:
Bon boards the steamboat; reviewing "Haiti," his "childhood," and his relationships with his mother and the lawyer, he asks himself "Why?" he is being sent to "this particular" college (250). [SOURCE: Shreve-Quentin]
Chronological Order:
167.00
Indeterminate Date Range:
Keywords:
Movement:Steamship, Identity, Uncertainty, Past-in-Present, Writing:Letter, Italics
Themes and Motifs:
Aesthetics:
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