As I Lay Dying, 188 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2014-08-21 16:50
Text: 
As I Lay Dying
Location: 
Armstids' Farm in As I Lay Dying (Location)
Page Number: 
188
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
And when I come back that evening and
Page Event Ends: 
192
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Armstid
Anse Bundren
Cash Bundren
Darl Bundren
Jewel Bundren
Characters Mentioned: 
Snopes
Suratt
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Wednesday, July 6, 1927 to Wednesday, July 27, 1927
Summary: 

When Anse comes back from Snopes', it is revealed that he has used Cash's money and Jewel's horse in the trade for a team of mules. Furious, Jewel mounts his horse and rides off. The rest of the family use Armstid's mules to pull the wagon, with Cash back on top of the coffin, "about a mile down the road" (191).

Chronological Order: 
135.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Stealing Money Family Mule_Trading Horse Phonograph Smell
Environment:
Olfactory›Decay
Actions:
Economic›Horse trading | Moral›Confession | Moral›Exploitation | Movement›Horse | Movement›Wagon | Verbal›Complaining | Verbal›Self-justifying
Cultural Issues:
Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Bargaining
Themes and Motifs:
Animals›Buzzards | Death›Corpse | Psychological›Manipulation | Values›Sacrifice
Relationships:
Familial›Father-son

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