Walter Shandy Timeline and Summary
MoreWalter Shandy Timeline and Summary
- Mrs. Shandy interrupts her husband during sex, and his sperm goes astray.
- Because the last pregnancy turned out to be fake, Walter insists that Mrs. Shandy give birth in the country.
- He also insists that Dr. Slop use the forceps to extract Tristram, because he's convinced that natural birth injures babies' brains.
- While Tristram is being born, Walter sits downstairs talking to Yorick.
- Walter finds out that Tristram's nose was broken and flings himself on the bed in despair.
- Because he's not dressed when Tristram is being baptized, he tells Susannah to get the priest to name the baby Trismegistus, which she mangles.
- Walter tries to determine if Tristram's name can be changed.
- After his older son Bobby dies, he writes the Tristram-paedia to take charge of Tristram's education.
- He goes to Europe with Tristram.