Vardaman Bundren Timeline and Summary

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• Vardaman proudly flops the big fish on the ground before Anse and Vernon.
• He goes in the house to ask to see his mother but is stopped by his father.
• He goes to clean the fish.
• Vardaman returns to the porch with blood up to his knees, explaining that the fish had a lot of guts.
• Vardaman asks his father if his ma is more sick.
• Vardaman pulls Peabody up the mountain to the Bundren house.
• He leaves Addie’s room to go on the porch with Anse, upon Peabody’s request.
• He hides behind Anse’s knees during Addie’s death.
• Vardaman runs out of the room after his mom’s death.
• Vardaman runs to the porch, crying.
• He runs to the horse stalls, vomiting.
• Vardaman attacks the horses with sticks, causing them to run away.
• He doesn’t respond to Cash’s or Dewey Dell’s calls.
• He sits in the dark: "Cooked and et. Cooked and et" (13.30).
• Vardaman tells Dewey Dell that Peabody killed their mom.
• He tells Dewey Dell that he doesn’t want to go to Jefferson.
• Vardaman runs/walks over four miles to the Tulls’ in the middle of the night.
• Vardaman asks Tull to verify the existence of the fish he caught.
• He returns with Vernon and Cora back to his farm to place his mother in a coffin.
• He makes a big commotion when Cora cooks up the fish.
• Dewey Dell talks with him in the barn.
• He goes missing until Vernon and Cora spot him fishing by the slough.
• Vardaman leaves for Jefferson with the family.
• Vardaman stay overnight at Samson’s with the family.
• Vardaman arrives at the flooded bridge with the family.
• He walks across, holding Vernon’s hand.
• He shouts for Darl to save their mom’s body.
• He stays overnight at Armstid’s with the family.
• Vardaman arrives in Mottson with the family.
• Vardaman gets sand for Darl to mix with the cement for Cash’s leg.
• He wonders where the buzzards go at night.
• Vardaman goes out to see where the buzzards go and sees the burning barn.
• He promises Dewey Dell that he won’t tell what he saw.
• He arrives in Jefferson with the family.
• Vardaman buries Addie with family.
• Vardaman goes with Dewey Dell to the pharmacy at 10pm.
• He goes back to the hotel with Dewey Dell.
• He eats bananas with Dewey Dell on the family wagon.