As I Lay Dying written by William Falkner was finished in a six to eight week period without any revisions while working in a power plant published in 1930. Falkner used new techniques to express his views of man’s position in modern world. In his early works, Faulkner viewed with despair man's position in the universe. He saw man as a weak creature incapable of rising above his selfish needs. Later, Falkner's view changed. This later caused a problem in whether the book As I Lay Dying should be banned.
William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897, in New Albany Mississippi, the first four sons born to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner. He was named after his great grandfather,
William Clark Faulkner, the “Old Colonel”. But his family soon moved …show more content…
This is so remarkable because Faulkner at a young age never graduated from high school, never received a college degree, living in a small town in the poorest state in the nation. He wrote a series of novels all set in the same small southern county novels which include As I Lay Dying. (Kovesdy Joe)
In As I Lay Dying, fifteen characters—most of them with the last name Bundren—take turns narrating the story in streams of consciousness. It all happens over the course of fifty-nine, sometimes overlapping sections. He describes the Bundren family as this rather feminist family fighting against the patriarchy. In this explanation Anse represents the patriarchy. Addie and her boys all seem to be resisting the patriarchy while Dewey Dell seems to be accepting of it. The author then makes a really interesting point of how their names are descriptive of who they are.
For instance, Addie Bundren sounds like the Added Burden. This describes her character because she feels as though her family and Anse are all a burden to her. Dewey Dell’s name has a very different meaning leaning toward a more sensual understanding. Dewey can mean dewy, which itself is moist, and Dell, mean a small wooded valley, putting them together …show more content…
(Book As I Lay Dying)
As I Lay dying was first banned at Graves Country high school, located in Kentucky in
1986. The ban didn’t spread further than Kentucky. It all began when a 16-year old student returned home and related to his mother that he was being asked to read a book about reincarnation. The mother read the assigned book, Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, and concluded that it was “secular humanism”. She contacted the school and initially was content with their offer to have her son read Moby Dick instead; but then decided autonomously that the entire student body “required protection from Faulkner’s dangerous novel”. The beginning five
William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897, in New Albany Mississippi, the first four sons born to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner. He was named after his great grandfather,
William Clark Faulkner, the “Old Colonel”. But his family soon moved …show more content…
This is so remarkable because Faulkner at a young age never graduated from high school, never received a college degree, living in a small town in the poorest state in the nation. He wrote a series of novels all set in the same small southern county novels which include As I Lay Dying. (Kovesdy Joe)
In As I Lay Dying, fifteen characters—most of them with the last name Bundren—take turns narrating the story in streams of consciousness. It all happens over the course of fifty-nine, sometimes overlapping sections. He describes the Bundren family as this rather feminist family fighting against the patriarchy. In this explanation Anse represents the patriarchy. Addie and her boys all seem to be resisting the patriarchy while Dewey Dell seems to be accepting of it. The author then makes a really interesting point of how their names are descriptive of who they are.
For instance, Addie Bundren sounds like the Added Burden. This describes her character because she feels as though her family and Anse are all a burden to her. Dewey Dell’s name has a very different meaning leaning toward a more sensual understanding. Dewey can mean dewy, which itself is moist, and Dell, mean a small wooded valley, putting them together …show more content…
(Book As I Lay Dying)
As I Lay dying was first banned at Graves Country high school, located in Kentucky in
1986. The ban didn’t spread further than Kentucky. It all began when a 16-year old student returned home and related to his mother that he was being asked to read a book about reincarnation. The mother read the assigned book, Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, and concluded that it was “secular humanism”. She contacted the school and initially was content with their offer to have her son read Moby Dick instead; but then decided autonomously that the entire student body “required protection from Faulkner’s dangerous novel”. The beginning five