Write 1 page essay on the topic As i lay dying.In contrast, her husband’s motivation in going to Jefferson is really not just to fulfill Addie’s wish but to get a new set of teeth and possibly a w

Write 1 page essay on the topic As i lay dying.

In contrast, her husband’s motivation in going to Jefferson is really not just to fulfill Addie’s wish but to get a new set of teeth and possibly a wife to illustrate how feeble minded Southerners are that justified Addies wish not to be buried there.

Faulkner’s in lieu of his characters disdain or critic for Southerners was evident with his character Addie. Traditionally, wife in the Southern states during Faulkner’s time were supposed to be subjugated to the husband and is supposed to be buried where the family is. But no, the whole novel revolved around the universe of travelling to Jefferson despite the bridge that was obliterated and the menacing river they have to go through that Cash, her son, even broke his leg. To confound Faulkner’s critique, Addie’s body was already decaying and yet, they still have to go to Jefferson for her to be buried there. The flies that were following her rotting body symbolism of how desperate Addie to be away from the South and the travel was so long and tenuous that Vardaman, her mentally retarded son burned the barn where the coffin was situated during their rest to end their ordeal but still, they have to go to Jefferson.

When Addie was finally buried, the novel justified why she wanted to return to Jefferson and not remain in the Bundren’s land as illustrated with the allegory of her husband Ansen getting a new teeth and wife just after she was