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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. MacGowan and Moseley By Dana Aplin , Kayla Bock, Ronnie Lugo. Moseley. MacGowan. Characters.

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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

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  1. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner MacGowan and Moseley By Dana Aplin, Kayla Bock, Ronnie Lugo

  2. Moseley MacGowan Characters

  3. MacGowan is a sneaky, untrustworthy character. He tricked Dewey Dell by giving her fake abortion medicine, although it isn't stated, it is implied that he seduced Dewey Dell to have sex with him. From this you can tell that MacGowan is not a character you can trust. He is selfish in the way he put he attraction to Dewey Dell above her wants. He is manipulative, a liar, and overall not a good guy. He adds to the story more drama. MacGowan

  4. Moseley is a man of truth. He tells Dewey Dell the correct way she should go about her pregnancy in the proper way. He comes from a godly prospective. How he asks whether he gave the money to her like a true man and that money doesn’t mean anything to him. The purpose was to give the reader a godly portrayed character to either foreshadow what Dewey Dell might do or don’t do later in the novel. Moseley

  5. You can tell from the start that he had no interest to help her, but to have sex with her. “ She looks like a pretty hot mamma, for a country girl.” (Faulkner 242). He even called her baby an “acorn” like it’s a thing of Mother Nature. I think she needs a reality check and get through her head that guys aren’t true to you, but fake in you don’t know how to handle them. Opinion on MacGowan

  6. Moseley is a holy man who believes in the word of God and that everything happens for a reason. He believes marriage before having kids and if you already have a child then you should marry each other. He feels as though Dewey Dell should confess her sins to her family and not kill the baby. He feels as though it’s not the child’s fault for her mistake with Lafe so God allowed her to get pregnant for a reason. For instance, Moseley tells her, “You get that notion out of your head. The Lord gave you what you have, even if He did use the devil to do I; you let Him take it away from you if it’s His will to do so. You go on back to Lafe and you and him take that ten dollars and get married with it.” (Faulkner 203). Opinion on Moseley

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