The paragraph on pages 35 and 36 explore Anse’s personality, with Faulkner showing the readers Anse’s selfishness and stubbornness through Anse’s inaction and refusal to take responsibility for negative forces in his life.
Anse complains about the road in this paragraph, showing that he just wants to blame someone or something easily. The chapter starts out with “Durn that road,” and we quickly jump into the main complaints about the road: He says that thanks to the road, “Every bad luck that comes and goes is bound to find” their house. Anse also complains about the road when he uses a simile to say that roads are “like a snake,” which, as a Christian, Anse uses to connect the road to Satan. Through this, he blames societal issues onto this road instead of onto the …show more content…
When Addie gives Anse a practical solution, we see that Anse simply wishes to blame, not to fix the problem, as blaming is far easier: “‘Get up and move, then.’ But I told her it want no luck.” He shows here that instead of solving the problem which he feels so strongly about, it is easier for him to simply complain.
Anse also shows the readers that his personality is not one of taking action through literary techniques. He says that God “aimed for [men] to stay put like a tree or a stand of corn.” This simile reveals to the audience that Anse believes that the natural way for humans to be is stationary, not moving towards a solution to problems but staying still and ignoring the problems.
He then continues to reveal why other characters dislike him so much by showing his negativity about other people. After revealing that he is immensely negative about the road, even that the road is evil, Anse claims that “it’s always men cant rest till they gets the house set where everybody that passes in a wagon can spit in the doorway.” This connection between evil and the average person shows Anse’s negativity about other
Anse complains about the road in this paragraph, showing that he just wants to blame someone or something easily. The chapter starts out with “Durn that road,” and we quickly jump into the main complaints about the road: He says that thanks to the road, “Every bad luck that comes and goes is bound to find” their house. Anse also complains about the road when he uses a simile to say that roads are “like a snake,” which, as a Christian, Anse uses to connect the road to Satan. Through this, he blames societal issues onto this road instead of onto the …show more content…
When Addie gives Anse a practical solution, we see that Anse simply wishes to blame, not to fix the problem, as blaming is far easier: “‘Get up and move, then.’ But I told her it want no luck.” He shows here that instead of solving the problem which he feels so strongly about, it is easier for him to simply complain.
Anse also shows the readers that his personality is not one of taking action through literary techniques. He says that God “aimed for [men] to stay put like a tree or a stand of corn.” This simile reveals to the audience that Anse believes that the natural way for humans to be is stationary, not moving towards a solution to problems but staying still and ignoring the problems.
He then continues to reveal why other characters dislike him so much by showing his negativity about other people. After revealing that he is immensely negative about the road, even that the road is evil, Anse claims that “it’s always men cant rest till they gets the house set where everybody that passes in a wagon can spit in the doorway.” This connection between evil and the average person shows Anse’s negativity about other