Dewey Dell's Quest

On the surface As I Lay Dying is about a family who are on a quest in order to lay their mother to rest in Jefferson as she have requested. However, it can be seen that putting their mother to rest plays only a small fraction of their “real” intention since they all have their own quests to complete. For instance, the real intention for Anse taking this quest is for him to be able to acquire his false teeth while Dewey Dell’s real intention is to obtain some abortion pills. Nevertheless, in a way they are still on the same quest with the same destination without them realizing. It is a quest all where the characters (and even we as readers) must journey through. It is in fact the quest of death as Addie’s father has said “The reason for living