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Entry #1---Dewey Dell Poem pgs. 26-28 It was a wonderful day, when Lafe and I picked cotton It started good, but then turned out rotten We were picking down the rows When all of a sudden, a nervousness arose We both looked down and saw the secret shade And we knew when we got there, our picking would be delayed I continued to pick the cotton, then I looked back And saw Lafe starting to pick into my sack My sack was full so we had to quit So we went into the shade because I could not help it We left the shade, thinking our secret was safe Until later I realized that Darl knew what happened between me and Lafe And so this section ends with my stomach no longer slim As I dare not tell pa, because it would kill him

Entry #2---Vardaman Extended Response pgs. 150-151  flickr.com How could Darl not catch ma? I better hurry up and help out before ma starts floating down the river! I have to do something to try and help out, but I'm no help. Wait, my mother is a fish. Maybe she can swim back up the river. Hopefully she can because D arl can't stop her from getting away. Even after I went to help Darl, he still didn't get ma. Really it's all Cash's fault, he let her go. I hope we can catch her! Oh no! She's floating down further! Ma! I'm coming mother!

Entry #3---Cash Diary Response to Darl's Section pgs. 156-164  flickr.com Dear Diary,

I feel very sick right now, and I'm not really sure what just happened. I remember taking control of the wagon, and then all of a sudden, I was struggling in the water. Umm, after that, oh, I was trying to hold on to the coffin but I couldn't and it starting going down the river. After that, I draw a blank. The next thing I remember was lying on the bank with everyone around me saying my name. I was trying to talk back, but I continued to be unconscious I guess. Dewey Dell was holding my head away from some vomit next to me that I guess came from me. Somebody kept asking me what other tools I had, and I really wasn't sure why. Maybe he was trying to look for my tools after the wagon crashed. Yeah, that must be it. Oh no, that means my tools are gone! I need to go find them.

Entry #4---Addie's Reaction to Peabody's Section pgs. 41-46  flickr.com
 * What a horrific day! I cannot believe stupid Anse would wait until now to call for a doctor. I thought I had a loving husband, but I guess not. At least I have Cash to help me out with making my coffin. After the beginning of the day, I didn't even want to show any fear from death, I had to be strong for my kids. When big ol' Peabody finally made his way up the hill, I don't know why but I ignored him. I just sat there, huh, kind of like Anse all the time. Uhh, I don't know though, it seems like everything is just falling apart. I can't believe I'm going to die soon, it just seems unreal. Anyway, this might be the last time I get to feel anything, or to even talk about it. I have a strange feeling that I won't be around for too much longer. I wonder if anyone is even going to miss me. I bet Jewel will miss me. He loves me and I love him too. Aww, and that Dewey Dell, I was so proud of her when she went out and told Peabody I wanted him to leave. I didn't even have to say anything and she knew I wanted him gone. Will people even be ready when I die? I really hope they will be able to take me back to Jefferson. C'mon Cash, hurry up and saw away. Faster, we don't have that much time. **

Entry #5---Visual Depiction of Addie's Section pgs. 169-179  www.wordle.net In Addie's only section in the book, she reflects on her life and her kids. She remembers being a schoolteacher and whipping her kids due to bad behavior. She also talks about her bad marriage with Anse, until the birth of their children, Cash and Darl. She said that Anse was now dead and useless to her, which she showed through her relationship with the minister, Whitfield. With Whitfield, Addie gave birth to their son, Jewel. She recalls the births of Dewey Dell and Vardaman, saying that she has paid Anse back and she is now free to die. Finally, Addie looks back on what Cora told her about being sinful and disregards those words.

Entry #6---Extended Response to Whitfield's Section pgs. 177-179  flickr.com <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> **I just got back from visiting the Bundrens, and I am really struggling with myself. I don't know whether or not I made a good choice by not telling them about me and Addie. Dear God, please help me to know that I did the right thing. I did do the right thing, right? Since Addie was already dead, nobody should have to know if she didn't already tell. At least I hope I was right. Plus, I at least went over there to pay my respects, if nothing else. Man, I really should have confessed. I feel so guilty right now, I think I might go back and explain. Maybe not though. I don't know, I think I should just move on and forget about it. I mean, she is dead, there is nothing else I can do.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Entry #7---Poem to Darl's Section pgs. 206-209 Such as Cash's broken leg, and the loss of our horse That's not it, of course Because we still have this corpse And our path just gets tougher, it gets very coarse As we stop at this house Dewey Dell cleans Cash with her now dirty blouse She goes into the house And comes back with some water She didn't try anything funny, or we would have caught her We mix the water and cement to make Cash a new cast To help his leg better than we have in the past Even though he just laughs Not needing that cast But he's bleeding to death, so we put it on fast Just at that moment, Jewel returns And gets in the wagon with no concerns But he soon learns We must make new turns Continuing the trip, as our easy ride adjourns **
 * <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; text-align: center;">We have had many struggles on this difficult course

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Entry #8---Visual Depiction to Vardaman's Section pgs. 53-57 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">In this section, Vardaman begins to cry when he walks in the room and sees where the fish used to be on the ground. He sees the cut-up pieces of "not-fish" and "not-blood" on the table, and gets more upset. Vardaman later comes to the conclusion that Peabody "kilt" his ma, and he runs into the barn scaring away the horses. He abuses the animals, and ignores his siblings as he stays in the barn, crying quietly to himself in the dark.

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Entry #9---Newspaper Article for Tull's Section pgs. 137-140

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;"> Entry #10---William Faulkner Summarizing Anse's Section pgs. 35-38

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