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Aim: How does Darl manage to know so much about other characters?

Aim: How does Darl manage to know so much about other characters? . Do Now: The last line on p. 20, “As you enter the hall, they sound as though they were speaking out of the air about your head.” How does this line possibly describe Faulkner’s narrative style

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Aim: How does Darl manage to know so much about other characters?

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  1. Aim: How does Darl manage to know so much about other characters? Do Now: The last line on p. 20, “As you enter the hall, they sound as though they were speaking out of the air about your head.” How does this line possibly describe Faulkner’s narrative style HW: Read to p. 84. Explain Vardaman’s chapter on p. 84. Give it your best shot!

  2. Addie Bundren How does the atmosphere of Addie’s impending death affect the characters? How would it affect you? How are the various children—Jewel, Cash, Darl—coping with their mother’s impending and actual death? Why does Addie want to be buried in Jefferson? What does this imply?

  3. Dewey Dell • “…he is not kin to us in caring, not care-kin.” p. 26 • To whom is Dewey Dell referring? • Why does she making this statement? • “…and I will turn up the next row but if the sack is full, I cannot help it.” p. 27 • What decision does Dewey Dell make based her sack being full? • How does her sack become full? • What is another way in which that statement now has meaning • How does Darl know about Dewey Dell’s situation?

  4. Darl’s Omniscience • “Jewel, I say, she is dead, Jewel. Addie Bundren is dead.” p. 52 • How is Darl able to narrate Addie’s death without being there? • How does Darl seem to know about Dewey Dell when no one else does? • How is Faulkner using his character?

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