“As I Lay Dying” William Faulkner wrote a masterpiece of a novel in As I Lay Dying. Faulkner chose an approach not usually used by many authors. He let the story be told through the eyes of 14 characters. This approach doesn’t give you a narrator to “lean” on and the reader is forced to make their own conclusions about the events in the novel. It is the reader’s responsibility to in a sense …showed first 75 words of 750 total…

…showed last 75 words of 750 total…in words. It is the idea that so much can be expressed through the characters glance. Although these looks are different they show the different parts of the Bundren family. They show the ironic lack of morals that this family has. Faulkner has written a wonderful story that shows the tragedy and the obstacles which this family has to overcome to bury their dead mother and wife. I enjoyed this book very much. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**