Thursday, April 8, 2010
That Evening Sun
“That Evening Sun” is narrated by a nine-year-old boy named Quentin Compson, who doesn’t fully understand the adult world. Nancy is an African American woman who washes clothes for the town of Jefferson. Nancy has gotten pregnant by a white man. Her husband finds out, so Nancy fears walking home because she thinks that he will be hiding in a ditch waiting to murder her. Jesus Compson walks her home at night and his wife begins to wonder if something is going on between them, and feels insecure and jealous. Nancy talks the kids into walking her home and wants the kids to stay the night with her. Mr. Compson wouldn’t let them stay. Nancy is still worried about her husband coming and murdering her, she tells Mr. Compson to find another washerwoman.
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Cadet Clontz gives a good summary of the story, and hits on the major points and the situations. The Evening sun is a really interesting story as cadet Clontz told us is narrated by a nine-year-old but is not until his early 20’s when this comes public. The situations such as social classes and races let us be thankful for what we have accomplished as for today’s world in relation with equal rights and opportunities. The theme of prostitution comes up in the story too when we see that Nancy is pregnant but it’s not from her husband Jesus. Jesus as we see in the story seems like a crazy person who wants revenge and it makes her feel horrified.
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