Dewey Dell Quotes

As they progress in the story, we begin to see more and more Darl in different situations, but more importantly on how he has all this knowledge about what’s going on at the moments, as well as personal information of other characters. In section 7 Dewey Dell is introduced to the story, she is the only girl Addie and Anse had. But almost is immediately discouraged for the rest of the novel as Darl knows of her secret,”It was then, and then I saw Darl and he knew. He said he knew without the words like he told me that ma is going to die without words/ But he said he did know and I said "Are you going to tell pa are you going to kill him?" without the words I said it and he said "Why?" without the words. And that's why I can talk to him with knowing with hating because he knows” (27). Using his “powers”, Darl was able to know about Dewey Dell’s pregnancy and similarly to Jewel, used the facts against them to his own pleasure. Furthermore, each character is given a role; Cash is building a coffin for his dying mother, right outside of her window so she can see what she’ll be lying in after she has gone. Dewey Dell, serving and helping around the house. Jewel works to gain a couple …show more content…
Later on they are again helt up and are need of rest, yet do not have anyway of doing so. Jewel is forced to give up his horse for a set of mules and an overnight stay at a barn. Anse adding to the bad decisions they have made so far, decides to cement Cash’s leg for a makeshift cast. Wasting money, putting everybody’s lives at risk and now out of money, the Bundrens stay at the barn. Darl continues his antics of being “insane” and fuels this by setting the barn on fire. His intentions not to burn everybody inside alive, but to burn Addie, end the journey before anything else happens. Yet after this happens they find a way around it and Jewel is there to save his already dead mother once