As I Lay Dying, 223 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2014-08-13 09:54
Text: 
As I Lay Dying
Location: 
Gillespie's Farm in As I Lay Dying (Location)
Page Number: 
223
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
They said, "Where is Darl? Where did Darl go?"
Page Event Ends: 
225
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Anse Bundren
Cash Bundren
Dewey Dell Bundren
Vardaman Bundren
Mr. Gillespie
Characters Mentioned: 
Darl Bundren
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, July 9, 1927 to Saturday, July 30, 1927
Summary: 

After the barn burns, Vardaman notes the disappearance of Darl, then watches his family try removing Cash's cement cast. He notes that the wounds to Cash's leg and Jewel's back make them both "look like a nigger" (224).

Chronological Order: 
153.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Animal_Buzzard Fire Secret Behaving_"Black" Medicine Pain
Actions:
Bodily›Fainting | Physical›Burning
Cultural Issues:
Health and Illness›Infection | Health and Illness›Injury | Health and Illness›Medicine | Race›Behaving/becoming "black"
Themes and Motifs:
Death›Coffin | Philosophical›Metaphysics
Aesthetics:
Diction›Racist term

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