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As I Lay Dying

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Derrick Li

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Works Cited

"American Humanist Association." American Humanist Association. Web. 06 Nov. 2014.

": As I Lay Dying: Theme of Religion." American Southern Literature. Web. 05 Nov. 2014.

Brooks, Cleanth. William Faulkner: First Encounters. New Haven: Yale UP, 1983. Print.

Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. Athens: Kedros, 1930. Print.

The Holy Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Bible, 1978. Print.

North, Richard. "An Examination of William Faulkner's Use of Biblical Symbolism in Three Early Novels." Digital Commons. 20 Apr. 2009. Web. 05 Nov. 2014.

Darl Bundren

  • Omniscient narrator
  • Deep thinker and powerful orator
  • Not truly understood
  • "I haven’t got ere one,” Darl said. “Because if I had one, it is was. And if it was, it cant be is. Can it?” (63)

Significance

  • Bundrens are not extremely religious people yet are portrayed as Christ figures
  • Multiple Christ figures, none are perfect
  • Establishes more contrast in religion than previous titles by Faulkner
  • Christian humanism - religion as a set of guidelines
  • Emphasizes power of humanity to triumph

Cash Bundren

  • "all the events, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah." Chronicles 35:27
  • carpenter
  • sacrifice for Addie

Jewel Bundren

  • "He is my cross and he will be my salvation. He will save me from water and from the fire. Even though I have laid down my life, he will save me." (168)
  • "If there is a God then what the hell is He for?" (15)

Cora Tull

  • "Riches is nothing in the face of the Lord, for He can see into the heart" (23)
  • For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. (John 3:20)
  • wields religion as a weapon

Addie Bundren

  • "...and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”" Matthew 20:19
  • crucifixion and sacrifice
  • "My mother is a fish." (84) ; ichthys/ichthus

Biblical Allusions in As I Lay Dying

Background

  • described by many as a Christian humanist
  • more of a realist
  • often offers contrasting perspectives on Biblical content

Derrick Li

Whitfield

The River

  • "Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake." Matthew 14:25
  • the log - "It surged up out of the water and stood for an instant upright upon that surging and heaving desolation like Christ" (148)
  • baptism reference
  • "all that night I wrested with Satan, and I emerged victorious. I woke to the enormity of my sin; I saw the light as last. (177)
  • living representation of hypocrisy
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