Cash Boundren Character Analysis

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Cash Bundren - A very talented carpenter and the oldest of the family. . Extremely prideful and selfish, even so that he has done nothing to solve and injury he has in one of his legs that could lead him to not walk.
Dewey Dell Bundren - Only girl in the family.Pregnant at only seventeen.
Vardaman Bundren - The youngest of the Bundren family. Vardaman has a vigorous illusion, At one point sees his mother dead just like a pet fish that died recently.
Vernon Tull - The rich neighbor of the family. Tull gives jobs to some of the Burdens Even though they help and care for the Burdens family they do not agree in the decision the Burdens made of burying Addie in Jefferson.

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