Talk:Go Down, Moses
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To whomever has been editing this article with me, Was takes place in Isaac McCaslin's childhood, not that of McCaslin Edmonds. McCaslin Edmonds is his cousin whom he often sees as a father figure.
Point of fact: Isaac McCaslin is the son of Buck McCaslin and Sophinsiba Beauchamp, who are just getting to know each other during "Was." Isaac was years away from being born. Also, the story starts out:
"Isaac McCaslin, 'Uncle Ike,' past seventy and nearer eighty than he ever corroborated any more, a widower now and uncle to half a county and father to no one
this was not something participated in or even seen by himself, but by his elder cousin, McCaslin Edmonds, grandson of Isaac's father's sister and so descended by the distaff, yet notwithstanding the inheritor, and in his time the bequestor, of that which some had thought then and some still thought should have been Isaac's, since his was the name in which the title to the land had first been granted from the Indian patent and which some of the descendants of his father's slaves still bore to the land."'
Agree.67.92.28.66 15:29, 6 January 2006 (UTC)loodog
Yeah, I should have said something the first time I stuck my foot in. Are you thinking about doing some more of the stories from this book? Perhaps we could share the load; I'd like to do "Go Down, Moses."
Cranston lamont 19:44, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
I eventually plan to get all the stories' summaries down when I get around to them. Contribute as you like, it'll save me work.67.92.28.66 15:29, 6 January 2006 (UTC)loodog
Also, this page is badly in need of a McCaslin family tree. 66.240.10.170 23:08, 6 January 2006 (UTC)loodog
Would the references to "Tennie's Jim" in "Was" actually mean "Tommie's Turrel?" Cranston lamont 18:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
There is now a family tree attached to this page, unless it gets pulled for some technical reason. Cranston lamont 18:01, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
- It's probably getting pulled because an image that cannot be edited by others in any way is not wiki. If you wrote it as text (I'm well aware of how complicated that'd be), describing each person in some way, it would stay as an article. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 09:03, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tennie's Jim
Yes, you are quite right about Tennie's Jim. I fixed it. 66.240.10.170 23:10, 24 January 2006 (UTC)loodog
[edit] I thought I saw Go Down Moses??
I could have sworn someone put up a Go, Down Moses section about the final story. Where did that go? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.240.10.170 (talk • contribs) 23:10, January 24, 2006.
- I've now restored it. It was deleted by the editor who created it, Cranston Lamont (perhaps accidentally?) Paul August ☎ 23:37, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Bear?
What about "The Bear?" It is one of Faulkner's more famous stories, and is the longest in the book. There shuld be a section on it. 129.44.216.105 21:24, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I've beeen meaning to put something in about "The Bear". Something along the lines of "Boy spends five years hunting a bear and learning some really bad $#!+ about his family." Cranston Lamont 04:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
