Book Report As I Lay Dying

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1.Title of work: As I Lay Dying
2.Author: William Faulkner Date Written: 1930
3..Country Of Author: American Writer, from Oxford, Mississippi.
4.Characters:
Addie Bundren - Was married to Anse Bundren and progenitor to six kids.. Addie’s death in the novel rises tension. She is a teacher. Her life is so forsaken and the only person she gives attention to is her beloved son Jewel.
Anse Bundren - Leader of the Bundren’s household, he is fortuneless and has an irregular hunchback.Even when he is disliked by her own children he manages to attain his target. Get new teeth and burry his wife.
Darl Bundren - The second oldest of the family. Darl is the most sensitive, Darl’s irritation causes him to light up Addie’s coffin
Jewel - He

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