As I Lay Dying William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying William Faulkner was one of the greatest Southern writers of the twentieth century and all his novels are written about the South, especially As I Lay Dying. "In all of As I Lay Dying, Faulkner turned to extreme uses of the first-person narration; it is as if he saw the need to purge his work of his undeveloped omniscient instincts by eliminating his own voice entirely"(Bryfonski 9:199). This novel is about …

…Darl, and Jewel is revealed by William Faulkner. Cash is a do-er. He expresses his love for Addie by actions, not by words. Darl is a thinker. He is rejected by his mother and his brothers, Cash and Jewel, so he insists he has no mother. Jewel is a feeler. He expresses his love for Addie only through intense action. He has feelings and shows them by being fiercely jealous of Addie's other favorite, Cash.