As I Lay Dying, 215 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2014-08-13 09:27
Text: 
As I Lay Dying
Location: 
Gillespie's Farm in As I Lay Dying (Location)
Page Number: 
215
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
Dewey Dell and I are going to sleep on the pallet.
Page Event Ends: 
217
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Anse Bundren
Darl Bundren
Dewey Dell Bundren
Jewel Bundren
Vardaman Bundren
Characters Mentioned: 
Addie Bundren
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Friday, July 8, 1927 to Friday, July 29, 1927
Summary: 

Lying on a "pallet" at Gillespie's (216), Vardaman recalls the toy train he saw in Jefferson and watches as his family and the Gillespies move the coffin into the barn. He thinks about his plan to find out where the buzzards stay at night.

Chronological Order: 
148.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Smell Tree_Apple Corpse Toy_Train Animal_Buzzards Holiday_Christmas Town_vs_Country Allusion:Santa_Claus
Environment:
Atmospheric›Moonlit | Olfactory›Decay
Actions:
Bodily›Sleeping | Emotional›Curious | Emotional›Hope | Mental›Discovery
Cultural Issues:
Class›Town v. country/farm
Themes and Motifs:
Death›Corpse | Objects›Train
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Mythical›Santa Claus

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