Archive: As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying is a noval qritten by William Faulkner in 1930. William Faulkner claims to have written the noval in 6 weeks without vhanging a word of it.

Plot Summary
Addie is the motherr of many children and the wife in a non-loving marraige to Anse Bundren. In the beginning Addie is deathly ill and is predicted to be dead very soon.Darl and Jewel even though they knew of there mothers condition left on a trip leaving their brother, Cash, to create their mothers coffin.Bedore they return home Addie dies, and her younger son is horrified by the thought of his mother being inclosed ina box nailed shut.

Characters

 * Addie Bundren
 * Main Character of the story
 * Anse Bundren
 * Used to get his wife Addie to Jefferson county to have her buried like she wanted.
 * Darl Bundren
 * Used to give his mother a proper burial.
 * Jewel Bundren
 * Protector of his mother coffin and body.
 * Dewey Dell Bundren
 * Daughter of Addie And Anse Bundren goes along with them on their journey, and she is also joing them in the hope of finding a way to abort her unwanted pregnancy.

Themes
Addie’s death inspires a lot of the characters to struggle with the question of finding out who they are.

Dying is a form of relief from suffering and pain from living.

If you make a promise, keep it. –it was Anse duty to make sure he got Addie’s body to Jefferson to bury.

Symbols
Vardaman’s fish- the fish is a symbol of Christianity. When Addie dies he calls her a fish relating to when the Bundren family eats the fish, which would be connected to the last supper.

Eyes- William Faulkner talks about eyes a lot and describes peoples eyes a lot.

New Hope Church- The characters hope. Dewey Dell wants an abortion. Cash wonders if the route there taking to bury Addie’s body will work or not.

Significant Quotes
“She ought to taken those cakes” -Kate

“I am not sick” -Addie Bundren

“You all will have to look out for Pa the best you can. I’m tired” -Addie Bundren

“Do you know she is going to die, Jewell?” -Darl

“My mother is a fish” -Vardaman