Titles include: As I Lay Dying This novel is the harrowing account of the Bundren family's odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. Told in turns by each of the family members-including Addie herself-the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos. Originally published in 1930. Darl 's thoughts then return to him and Jewel, still on their journey.Darl calls out to Jewel two times but is ignored by his brother. Then Darl's descriptions refocus again on the Bundren home, where Cash has just entered Addie 's room, filled with the rest of the Bundren family members. Anse tells Cash to hurry and finish the coffin and then orders the grieving Dewey Dell to make dinner. The animal symbolism William Faulkner weaves throughout As I Lay Dying comes to the fore in this group of sections. In Section 44 of the last group of sections, while Jewel is still missing, Vardaman says there are now seven buzzards, which is the number of Bundren family members—two parents, five children (the novel treats Addie 's corpse as C7kC5.

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