Absalom, Absalom!, 40 (Event)

Page Number: 
40
Order within Page: 
3
First 8-10 words of event: 
set out into a world which even in theory,
Page Event Ends: 
41
Era: 
Pre-Removal (-1830)
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Monday, January 1, 1821 to Saturday, December 31, 1831
Summary: 

Mr. Compson resumes his enigmatic reference to Sutpen's life before he came to Yoknapatawpha: "in a country and among a people whose very language he had to learn," he "made that mistake" which "became his doom" (41). [SOURCE: Father]

Chronological Order: 
17.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Fate, Language, Past_as_Future, Mystery
Cultural Issues:
Themes and Motifs:

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