As I Lay Dying, 186 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2014-08-21 16:42
Text: 
As I Lay Dying
Location: 
Armstids' Farm in As I Lay Dying (Location)
Page Number: 
186
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
Next morning Anse taken that horse and rode
Page Event Ends: 
188
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Armstid
Lula Armstid
Anse Bundren
Darl Bundren
Dewey Dell Bundren
Jewel Bundren
Vardaman Bundren
Characters Mentioned: 
Snopes
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Wednesday, July 6, 1927 to Wednesday, July 27, 1927
Summary: 

Armstid describes what happened during the morning. Anse rides off to trade for a team of mules. Vardaman tries to chase the buzzards away from Addie's coffin. His wife Lula calls what the Bundrens are doing an "outrage" (187). When Darl refuses to help him, by himself Jewel tries to push the wagon down the road.

Chronological Order: 
134.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Mule_Trading Farming Buzzards Smell Family_Pride Outrage Mules
Environment:
Olfactory›Decay | Time of Day›Morning
Actions:
Bodily›Decomposition | Economic›Horse trading | Emotional›Fury | Movement›Horse | Verbal›Disagreeing | Verbal›Yelling
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Buzzards | Death›Coffin | Death›Respect

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