With a mother close to death, a self-absorbed father, and children uninvolved with each other, William Faulkner portrays the Bundren family from the beginning of his novel, As I Lay Dying, as disjointed and dysfunctional. The family’s journey to Jefferson to bury Addie further exposes their singular, competing agendas, leading the reader to believe that the purpose of the trip is not just to lay Addie to rest. Two of the more ostensibly single-minded characters, Dewey-Dell and Anse, appear to have…
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