As I Lay Dying: Styles Used By William Faulkner :: essays research papers

As I Lay Dying Styles Used By William Faulkner               -Darls Section (p.128)     Most authors have certain styles that result in livery across certainideas. In As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner uses a subtle and discreet narrativemanner to bring forth grave pieces of information that adds to the story,and important themes. In one of the chapters narrated by Darl, this is shownvery thoroughly In this chapter Darl uses a flashback to let us get a to a greater extent in-depthlook at the Bundren family to let us get word why it is so "dysfunctional." In thischapter we learn more to the highest degree the relationships within the family, and more aboutAddie, about whom we previously have not learned much. We see how tart Darlssense of intuition is, and we learn an important family secret.     Darl is often used as an objective speaker, although he is indeedinvolved with the situation he is oration about. In this chapter he recalls beautifys purchase of his horse. This is a strong clue that Jewel is not Ansesson, since Anse is extremely lazy and would never work as threatening as Jewel did fora horse. We also see the tension mingled with Anse and Jewel. We see the lack ofrespect Jewel has for Anse. It is rather ironic when Anse says "Hes only when lazy,trying me" (p. 129) Since Jewel has been working really hard, and it is Anse whois lazy. Furthering on Jewel and Anses relationship, I chance that it is fairlyevident that Jewel knows that Anse is not his father. This is illustrated in the pursual section on page 136 "Jewel looked at Pa, his eyes paler than ever.He wont never eat a mouthful of yours he said. Not a mouthful. Ill kill himfirst. Dont you never think it. Dont you never. "The antagonism Jewel holdstoward Anse is enormous, and this scene intensifies it showing that Jewel knowsthe equity or at least has a fair idea. We also see that Darl knows, and how heknows. At the end of the chapter, he sees his mother crying all over Jewel when heis sleeping. He could see her anguish and almost feel it. His empathy andintuition led him to discovering the truth, and he also confirms his knowledgeof Dewey Dells pregnancy. We see the chroma of his intuition and how itaffects the rest of the family. The fact that Darl knows probably heightens therivalry between the 2 brothers.     In this chapter we see the way the family was before Addies death and