Wang AP Lit

“They pulled two seats together so Darl could sit by the window to laugh. One of them sat beside him, the other sat on the seat facing him, riding backward. One of them had to ride backward because the state’s money has a face to each backside and a backside to each face, and they are riding on the state’s money which is incest. A nickel has a woman on one side and a buffalo on the other; two faces and no back. I dont know what that is. Darl had a little spy-glass he got in France at the war. In it it had a woman and a pig with two backs and no face. I know what that is. ‘Is that why you are laughing, Darl?’ ‘Yes yes yes yes yes yes’” (254).              Darl’s final chapter in As I Lay Dying is a stark contrast to his previous narration throughout the novel. The narration is not poetic and musing, but rather unorganized and angry. Yet, it seems to provide the most insight into Darl’s character, and the reader begins to see w...

What is the significance of the story about Jewel's late night labor and Addie's deceit? What do Dewey Dell's imaginations about killing Darl reveal about her character? How does Faulkner view Christianity? 

God plays a large role in the lives of the characters in William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying . After all, the characters constantly question how God is omnipotent and how the way they act in the secular world directly influences their afterlives. The idea of God especially plays a large role in the lives of the Tulls, the neighbors of the Bundrens. Both Vernon and Cora Tull believe in God himself, but they differ in their views of his nature. While Vernon believes that God works in ways that can be frustrating to man, Cora puts all her faith in God and fully embraces God’s work and her “Christian” duty. These differing views become apparent as the Vernons aid the Bundrens after the death of Addie. On the surface, Cora seems to be a caring, compassionate neighbor; she constantly visits the Bundrens and offers them aid during a family tragedy. Yet as the reader learns more about Cora, the reader realizes that her “good-nature” is actually superficial. Beneath the graceful Christian layer l...