Darl Bundren Timeline and Summary

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• Darl returns from fields with Jewel, a head shorter than his brother.
• He finds Cash working on Addie Bundren’s coffin; he thinks it will give her "confidence and comfort" (1.5).
• He goes to get a cool drink of gourd water.
• Darl tells his pa a half truth about Jewel’s whereabouts; he really knows about Jewel’s devotion to the wild horse.
• Darl leaves with Jewel to earn three dollars, wanting him along to help with the load.
• He predicts the timing of his mother’s death.
• Darl is the only family member who knows of Dewey Dell’s secret pregnancy.
• Darl narrates Addie’s death scene, from on the road.
• He tells Jewel that Addie has died while they’re stuck in a ditch during the storm.
• Darl philosophizes about existence before he sleeps.
• Darl returns to the barn with Jewel.
• He carries the coffin to the wagon with the family.
• On the wagon, he notices Dewey Dell looking at Peabody.
• Darl tells the family that Jewel will catch up with them.
• He leaves for Jefferson with the family.
• Darl laughs when Jewel catches up with them right where he predicted he would, at Tull’s.
• Darl stays overnight at Samson’s with the family.
• He gets to the flooded bridge.
• He expects Vernon to lend his mule to the family.
• Darl fords the river on the wagon with Cash.
• He jumps into the river when the team is lost.
• Darl gets out of the water safely, but doesn’t save the coffin.
• He stays overnight at Armstid’s with the family.
• He arrives in Mottson.
• Darl mixes cement to pour on Cash’s leg.
• Darl asks Jewel who his father is.
• Darl burns Gillespie’s barn down.
• Darl arrives in Jefferson with the family.
• He offers to bring Cash to Peabody’s.
• He is thought of as mentally insane and arrested.
• Darl is handcuffed and taken away, laughing hysterically.
• He sees his family eating bananas on the wagon.
• He speaks of himself in the third person.