and the meaning of words. However‚ having words is as good as having no words because the characters in this book‚ especially the members of the Bundren family‚ use words that obfuscate their true emotions. Faulkner uses his characters to portray speech as just another factor of nominalism and allows only silence to present the truth. Addie Bundren‚ even after death‚ is not completely silent through the trip to Jefferson. Her presence is an incessant reminder that words are “just shape[s] to fill
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Faulkner‚ two characters ‚Darl and Jewel Bundren‚ each cope with their mother’s death and deal with their isolation from their family by expressing their feelings in deeply emotional behavior. Darl‚ the second eldest sibling out of five‚ questions his existence because of his isolation and the lack of love he received from his mother growing up. Jewel‚ on the other hand‚ was his mother’s favorite of all five of her children. Jewel was the bastard son of Addie Bundren and the minister she had an affair
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in Genesis‚ such as guilt‚ sexuality‚ and tension between the sexes (Rule). In As I Lay Dying‚ the original sin of Anse and Addie seems to give way to the sin of their children‚ much like that of Adam ’s ancestors. Although according to biblical tradition‚ each child is born into sin‚ Jewel Bundren was especially born into a sinful life. He was a product of Addie ’s infidelity to Anse‚ an act that was on Addie ’s mind until the
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can leave the reader confused‚ and a story that can leave a reader with an uneasy feeling. In the action of the novel‚ Jewel risks his life to save his mother’s casket‚ the Bundren family is forced to sell almost all of their possessions‚ and the family “works together” to eventually bury their mother in Jefferson. The Bundren family is dysfunctional at times because of broken relationships between the children and deeply imbedded psychological issues‚ but the root of this dysfunction is terrible
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As I Lay Dying‚ by William Faulkner‚ is a story about the Bundren family’s journey to bury Mrs. Bundren. Most of the family‚ however‚ has another reason to go to where Mrs. Bundren is being buried. The book itself is not meant to be taken seriously; Faulkner intended the book to be somewhat humorous. Because of the conflict between how the book is written and the book’s story‚ many scenes in the book that normally would be taken extremely seriously are now not as serious due to the book’s ‘dark humor
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Existentialism in As I Lay Dying In Ggreat Bbooks since 1700‚ a large portion of the materials was devoted to Camus’s take on existentialism. Many of the other texts we read and evaluated were looked at through the lens of an existentialist as explained by Camus. Since taking that course‚ I have noticed existential themes in much of the literature I have read. I have also noticed existential thought patterns in myself and others in the real world. In the limited amount of Camus’s writing that I
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from the defined‚ classic hero. Although the Bundrens ulterior motives and desires repudiate some of their credibility in regards to being a classical heroic family‚ their ability to cooperate with one another in the brief moments of crisis suggest they are at least partially heroic. Each living member of the Bundrens has a different motive for wanting to travel to Jefferson. Dewey Dell wishes to rid herself of a baby‚ Vardaman wants a train‚ Anse hopes to find a new wife‚ and so on. These selfish
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rural area in Mississippi during the 1920s. The Bundren family were living in poverty and it was difficult to earn a living off the land because the river that kept over flooding. Social classes were a big motif in this novel; the family was so poor that they depended on their neighbors who were wealthier farmers. Darl Bundren is the protagonist‚ he is the second oldest son to his mother Addie Bundren‚ who is deathly ill and his father‚ Anse Bundren who is stupid‚ lazy‚ irritating and has no love
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manner to bring forth important pieces of information that adds to the story‚ and important themes. In one of the chapters narrated by Darl‚ this is shown very well In this chapter Darl uses a flashback to let us get a more in-depth look at the Bundren family; to let us see why it is so "dysfunctional." In this chapter we learn more about the relationships within the family‚ and more about Addie‚ about whom we previously have not learned much. We see how keen Darl’s sense of intuition is‚ and we
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is the darker side of literature. In As I Lay Dying and “Fall of the House of Usher”‚ the gothic conventions used are coffins‚ death‚ and torture. In As I Lay Dying‚ the gothic literature convention the novel is based around is coffins. Addie Bundren was facing death as she knew it. Her son cash was building a coffin for her‚ that he tried to
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