As I Lay Dying
“This world is not his world; this life his life”(250), these are words said by Cash at the end of the book. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner is about a family going through difficult times while trying to accomplish something. In Mississippi, a women, Addie Bundren, who is on her deathbed as Cash, her oldest son, builds his mother's coffin. Anse, Addie's’ husband, and Addie's’ other sons, Jewel and Darl, left town to make a delivery for their neighbor, but once the sons leave, Addie passes away. Vardaman is feeling troubled while Dewey Dell, Addie’s daughter gets pregnant. Dewey Dell tires to abort the child but that does not happen, while her family is trying to give Addie a proper burial. Although Addie is not alive, she continues to move her family forward. Anse is selfish, he did not care a lot about his wife, he wanted to buy false teeth, and he tried to get a new wife.
When Addie was dying, he did not show affection. As Addie was dying, he stood over her body and stroked her face awkwardly. Anse then went on with what he was doing before Addie passed and did not worry about Addie and the rest of the family. Most people would be …show more content…
The children were waiting at the corner for Anse to return, while eating bananas. “Pa was coming along with that daresome and hangdog look...when he has been up to something he knows ma aint going to like, carrying a grip in his hand,”(249). Anse knew what he was doing. He came back with a set of new false teeth, as Cash said, “It made his look a foot taller, kind of holding his head up, hangdog and proud too, and then we see her behind him…”(249). If Anse really cared and was not selfish, he would not get a new set of false teeth and would not have found a new lady. The children knew he looked proud of what he had done, but they were not proud of him. “‘Meet Mrs Bundren,’ he says,”(250). Anse found a new wife, even though his recent wife just passed
“This world is not his world; this life his life”(250), these are words said by Cash at the end of the book. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner is about a family going through difficult times while trying to accomplish something. In Mississippi, a women, Addie Bundren, who is on her deathbed as Cash, her oldest son, builds his mother's coffin. Anse, Addie's’ husband, and Addie's’ other sons, Jewel and Darl, left town to make a delivery for their neighbor, but once the sons leave, Addie passes away. Vardaman is feeling troubled while Dewey Dell, Addie’s daughter gets pregnant. Dewey Dell tires to abort the child but that does not happen, while her family is trying to give Addie a proper burial. Although Addie is not alive, she continues to move her family forward. Anse is selfish, he did not care a lot about his wife, he wanted to buy false teeth, and he tried to get a new wife.
When Addie was dying, he did not show affection. As Addie was dying, he stood over her body and stroked her face awkwardly. Anse then went on with what he was doing before Addie passed and did not worry about Addie and the rest of the family. Most people would be …show more content…
The children were waiting at the corner for Anse to return, while eating bananas. “Pa was coming along with that daresome and hangdog look...when he has been up to something he knows ma aint going to like, carrying a grip in his hand,”(249). Anse knew what he was doing. He came back with a set of new false teeth, as Cash said, “It made his look a foot taller, kind of holding his head up, hangdog and proud too, and then we see her behind him…”(249). If Anse really cared and was not selfish, he would not get a new set of false teeth and would not have found a new lady. The children knew he looked proud of what he had done, but they were not proud of him. “‘Meet Mrs Bundren,’ he says,”(250). Anse found a new wife, even though his recent wife just passed