As I Lay Dying, 232 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Wed, 2014-08-13 15:18
Text: 
As I Lay Dying
Location: 
Gillespie's Farm in As I Lay Dying (Location)
Page Number: 
232
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
It wasn't nothing else to do. It was either
Page Event Ends: 
234
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Anse Bundren
Cash Bundren
Dewey Dell Bundren
Jewel Bundren
Mr. Gillespie
Characters Mentioned: 
Addie Bundren
Darl Bundren
Vardaman Bundren
Narrative Status: 
Remembered
Date: 
Saturday, July 9, 1927 to Saturday, July 30, 1927
Notes: 

comes before 226_1

Summary: 

Because Gillespie somehow "knowed" that Darl burned his barn, the Bundrens agree to have him committed. Anse says "there aint nothing else to do" (232), and Cash echoes this, but he also is led to think seriously about the boundary between sane and insane. It's not clear exactly when or where this discussion occurs, but most likely during the night after barn burns and at Gillespie's, while Darl is with the coffin.

Chronological Order: 
153.50
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Sanity Madness Barn_Burning Law Value Family Shame
Actions:
Legal›Charge/accuse | Verbal›Cursing | Violent›Destructive behavior | Work›Carpenter
Cultural Issues:
Crime›Arson | Economy›Evaluate exchange value | Economy›Property | Health and Illness›Mental illness
Themes and Motifs:
Chaos/Order›Divine plan | Death›Burial | Philosophical›Ethics | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson | Values›Propriety

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