Cash III (165)

Cash says the coffin wasn't balanced. Even though Cash has a broken leg, this is all he can think about. He gets cut off mid-sentence; we really don't need to hear the rest...

Ironically, it wouldn't have made a difference.

Cash II (96)

"The Coffin's Off-Balance"

While the coffin is being loaded, Cash keeps saying the same thing...it's off balance. Jewel curses him.

Note how the chapter ends on an incomplete sentence...as if the chapter is going on without

Cash I (82-83)

"Cash's Coffin How-To"

Step-by-step, Cash recounts exactly how he made the coffin. "On the bevel," he says.

Why does he make this list? Clearly Cash is literal-minded, and he has concerned himself with nothing but the coffin in this book. He never even mentions his mother's death in this chapter. We call this sublimation.