Symbolism In The Passing Of Addie

The sad event of the passing of Addie uncovers chaos within the family. The passing of Addie reveals traits within characters that would otherwise not be known through Anse and Dewey Dell. Her passing reveals how poor of a father and husband Anse is. He shows his true self as a careless father with selfish needs. Dewey Dell is living in a nightmare as she is forced to ask and do ungodly things which the guidance of caring family members or a mother could prevent. Anse is the father of the family, who should be bring leadership to this situation but has done nothing but be carless. He should keep his family calm as problems arise, but he has made many situation worse than before. His carelessness can be seen as he sets Cash’s leg in concrete
This is looked extremely down on during this time period and abortion is ungodly like and not accessible. A mother during this time would be the best tool to ease her emotions of desperation and fear. Dewey Dell is extremely scared of people knowing that she is looking for an abortion which can be seen as she is very discrete when asking for this operation. During rejections she shows her desperation by offering all her money and begging for the operation. What doesn’t help is that there is no one who can help her. Even the father of the baby is unwilling to help her as his only contributions to this situation is money. Eventually even the money is taken away by Anse adding more problems for her and leaving no chance for a solution. She is very fearful of others finding out about her secret like Vardaman and Darl. Even when confronted by Anse about her money and the falsehood of her trying to sell cakes she is still unwilling to tell her secret even if it means that she will lose any chance of finding a solution. This fear is the reason why she carries such hate towards Darl and suppresses Vardaman from mentioning the incidence where he almost found out. She is extremely desperate with her interaction with Macgown, who takes adantage of her sexualy in such a desperate time and gives her false abortion treatment. Especially during this time the need for guidance from caring parents is needed for Dewy Dell, but her father is uncaring and selfishm, and her mother is gone unable to help her. Thus without any help from others it brings out Dewey Dell’s desperateness and