"Appendix: Compson", 337 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2018-05-24 08:24
Text: 
"Appendix: Compson"
Location: 
Memphis in "Appendix: Compson" (Location)
Page Number: 
337
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
And that was all. At six oclock she fought
Page Event Ends: 
338
Era: 
Midcentury (1941-)
Characters Present: 
Melissa Meek
Unnamed American Soldier
Unnamed Bus Passengers
Unnamed Illegitimate Children
Characters Mentioned: 
Caddy Compson
Dilsey
Narrative Status: 
Narrated+Consciousness
Date: 
Saturday, January 9, 1943 to Friday, December 31, 1943
Summary: 

Among the crowd in the Memphis bus station, Melissa Meek is helped by a serviceman. As her trip back to Jefferson begins, she thinks about Dilsey's reaction to the photo and Caddy's "lost" condition (337).

Chronological Order: 
61.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Actions: Movement: Bus Actions: Crying Cultural Issues: Sex: Illegitimacy Cultural Issues: City-vs-Town Aesthetics: Typography: Italics Themes and Motifs: Loss: Nothingness Themes and Motifs: Homelessness
Environment:
Public›Bus Depot/Bus stop
Actions:
Bodily›Crying | Communication›Censorship | Movement›Bus
Cultural Issues:
Gender›Changing relationships | Sexuality›Illegitimacy | War›Displacement | War›World War II
Themes and Motifs:
Futility›Nothing to do | Home›Distance from home | Home›Homesickness_Longing for home | Recurring Tropes›Doom | Recurring Tropes›Nothingness
Aesthetics:
Typography/Orthography›Italics

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