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As I Lay Dying

As I Lay Dying. As I Lay Dying by: William Faulkner. By: Sam Keyes. Thesis. William Faulkner has become a great writer through his culture, themes and styles, and a connection to his characters. Characters. In every book he wrote, there was some weird connection between a character and him.

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As I Lay Dying

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  1. As I Lay Dying

  2. As I Lay Dyingby: William Faulkner By: Sam Keyes

  3. Thesis • William Faulkner has become a great writer through his culture, themes and styles, and a connection to his characters.

  4. Characters • In every book he wrote, there was some weird connection between a character and him.

  5. Culture • William grew up in Mississippi. The Southern culture that he grew up in helped create most of his major writings.

  6. Themes • The Impermanence of Existence and Identity • The Tension Between Words and Thoughts • The Relationship Between Childbearing and Death.

  7. Styles • Faulkner's style involves long, rolling sentences and experimentation with compound words and so-calledstream of consciousness. • He uses complicated genealogies, complex plots, and dense writing styles.

  8. Summary • As I Lay dying is based around the death of Addie, the mother. Addie had a wish, she wanted to be buried in the town of Jefferson. As they travel to the town, they encounter many problems between each other.

  9. Excerpt • Sometimes I think it aint none of us pure crazy and aint none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It’s like it aint so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it. - Cash

  10. About the book • Different • No chapters • Somewhat hard to follow • Interesting

  11. Restated thesis • William Faulkner’s culture, themes and styles, and his connection to his characters have made him a great writer.

  12. William Faulkner • Born as William Falkner on September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi. • In 1918- tries to enlist in the U.S Military. • Worked from 1924 until 1962. • As I Lay Dying published in 1930. • Won the Noble Prize for Literature in 1950

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