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Then some of the machinery and most of the men who ran it and existed because of and for it would be loaded onto freight cars and moved away William Faulkner – Light in August (Chapter 1)
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The whole point of the town is to cut the pine and move on. There is no connection to the land by the anonymous companies that clear it.

Faulkner’s reference point may have been the mills in and nearby Oxford. But there were also the experiences of towns like Wyatt and Eaton which sprung into existence in the 1830s just south and north of what would be Oxford (both towns based around the rivers: Wyatt was on the Tallahatchie and a boat by the name of “Toby Tubby’s ferry” operated out of Eaton). These towns rose and fell with flush times (Lafayette County – the basis for Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County – was incorporated in 1836 – the Panic of 1837 hit Mississippi HARD). Where there were homes, hotels and a masonic lodge, now only exist signposts denoting the once-hamlets.

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All the men in the village worked in the mill or for it William Faulkner – Light in August (Chapter 1)
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The whole purpose of the town is the mill. All the men in the town worked there. This is also the mill where Lena’s baby’s father has worked. She will not find him there and will move on to Jefferson.

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You been out here too long. That’s all. Ernest Hemingway – Today is Friday
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“You’ve been living too long,” is one way to read this line.

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Soldiers stationed in garrison duty in the boonies for too long, or in active combat for too long, suffer greatly from the stress. ‘Out here too long’ is the trooper in the trenches expressing combat fatigue.

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What the hell, George! Wednesday’s payday Ernest Hemingway – Today is Friday
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It being Friday this promise seems disingenuous.

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This is more of the modern (1930s) setting of the play, rather than the actual practice of paying Roman soldiers in antiquity.

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It was the least I could do for him. I’ll tell you he looked pretty good to me in there today. Ernest Hemingway – Today is Friday
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This notes a turn to the reader. The 1st Soldier acts as the faithful but the piercing of Christ’s side seems cruel. According to John’s Gospel, the soldiers broke the two thieves' legs as a means to kill them quicker. The sabbath was coming and they do not want to the men on the cross. However, when they get to Jesus he is already dead and so they pierce his side to make sure. Here instead of a cruel act it is seen here as an act of mercy.

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I guess the soldier break the two thieves' legs as an substitute punishment, because it’s near Sabbath and they cant kill people on sabbath

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Just the women stuck by him. Ernest Hemingway – Today is Friday
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Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. (John:19-25)

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You see his girl? Ernest Hemingway – Today is Friday
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The is speaking of the Mary Magdalene, the prostitute follower of Christ.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene

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He didn’t want to come down off the cross. That’s not his play Ernest Hemingway – Today is Friday
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Christ’s “play” of course was to become a martyr. To stay on the cross to suffer for the sins of man.

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Try some of the red. Ernest Hemingway – Today is Friday
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1st Soldier urges him to try the wine, to try Christ.

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Have a drink of it yourself. Ernest Hemingway – Today is Friday
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The 1st Soldier is showing his dominance over the Hebrew Wine-seller.

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It’s a common practice in situations where the bartender is alone with one customer or a small group, in this case, for the customers to buy the bartender a drink.

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