As I Lay Dying, 178 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2014-08-21 15:49
Text: 
As I Lay Dying
Location: 
Tulls' Farm in As I Lay Dying (Location)
Page Number: 
178
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
and as I rode on across the firm earth
Page Event Ends: 
179
Era: 
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present: 
Eula Tull
Reverend Whitfield
Characters Mentioned: 
Addie Bundren
Anse Bundren
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, July 2, 1927 to Saturday, July 23, 1927
Summary: 

Having crossed the flood, Whitfield learns that Addie has already died, without betraying the secret of their affair. He thanks God for having spared him the necessity of confession.

Chronological Order: 
85.40
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Secret Guilt God Hypocrisy
Actions:
Emotional›Guilt | Moral›Confession | Moral›Praying | Moral›Secret | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues:
Identity, Personal›Hypocritical
Themes and Motifs:
Character›Coward | Death›Moment of | Meaning›Limitations of words / language
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Biblical›Gethsemane | Allusion, Biblical›Jesus

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