As I Lay Dying, 134 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2014-08-21 14:20
Text: 
As I Lay Dying
Location: 
Bundrens' Farm in As I Lay Dying (Location)
Page Number: 
134
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
One morning - it was November then, five months
Page Event Ends: 
136
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Addie Bundren
Cash Bundren
Darl Bundren
Jewel Bundren
Bundren, Mother of Anse
Vardaman Bundren
Characters Mentioned: 
Lon Quick, Sr.
Flem Snopes
Narrative Status: 
Remembered
Date: 
Saturday, November 1, 1919 to Monday, November 30, 1925
Summary: 

Darl remembers the morning that Jewel appears at home riding one of the spotted horses. Now the family learns that his sleepiness was caused by the nightly work he did in Quick's field to earn the horse. Anse feels cheated by his son's action, but Addie is moved to cry hard all day. And from that, Darl says, "I knew that I knew" - i.e. he becomes aware of his mother's affair and Jewel's illegitimacy.

Chronological Order: 
27.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Horse Secret Work Family Knowledge Sexuality Adultery Illegitimacy
Environment:
Time of Year›Fall | Time of Year›November
Actions:
Bodily›Crying | Economic›Purchase | Mental›Discovery | Moral›Deception | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues:
Group Mentality›Community collective | Labor›Farming | Sexuality›Extra-marital
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Horses | Money›Expenses | Money›Stingy with money | Morals›Responsibility | Recurring Tropes›Secret
Relationships:
Interspecies›Man-horse | Marital›Adultery

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