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 forget in bringing across certainideas. In As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner uses a subtle and discreet narrativemanner to bring frontward important pieces of information that adds to the story,and important themes. In one of the chapters narrated by Darl, this is shownvery well In this chapter Darl uses a flashback to let us get a more than in-depthlook at the Bundren family to let us fascinate why it is so "dysfunctional." In thischapter we learn more close the relationships within the family, and more aboutAddie, about whom we previously have non learned much. We consider how keen Darlssense of cognizance is, and we learn an important family secret.     Darl is often used as an objective speaker, although he is indeedinvolved with the situatio n he is speaking about. In this chapter he recallsmuffins purchase of his horse. This is a strong clue that Jewel is not Ansesson, since Anse is extremely vacant and would never work as hard as Jewel did fora horse. We also see the tension between Anse and Jewel. We see the lack ofrespect Jewel has for Anse. It is rather ironic when Anse says "Hes just 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 feel that it is fairlyevident that Jewel knows that Anse is not his father. This is illustrated in thefollowing 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 exhaust 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 truth or at least has a fair idea. We also see that Darl knows, and ho w heknows. At the end of the chapter, he sees his mother crying 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 strength of his intuition and how itaffects the rest of the family. The fact that Darl knows probably heightens therivalry between the two brothers.     In this chapter we see the way the family was before Addies death and