As I Lay Dying

Dysfunction in the Bundren Family As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner, is a story about a family who is dealing with the death of their mother and wife. The Bundren family goes through a lot of problems when it comes to the burial of Addie Bundren. This family is not a typical loving family. Some readers would consider the Bundren family to be dysfunctional. Dysfunction is shown in the Bundren family through Addie’s affair with Whitfield, Darl’s dislike for Jewel, and how Vardaman…

instance, Addie Bundren from William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, was an unhappily married woman whose sexuality was oppressed, by the constraints of a male dominated society and husband, despite her affair. In comparison, Blanche DuBois from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, was a widow who had lost everything and was shunned for her sexual promiscuity, unable to form positive relations in the end. Both Addie and Blanche had tragic endings, one dying in a home she had little love for…

dawn of the morning there lay the poor little one, with pale cheeks and smiling mouth, leaning against the wall; she had been frozen to death on the last evening of the year; and the New-Year’s sun rose and shone upon a little corpse!” (East of the Web). A little girl attempted to sell matches in the snow with no shoes, and she died in the streets. This is such a morose and depressing thing in a collection of stories rated G, even in the Disney short she did not survive. ‘"I guess you think you…

Free Will Leading to Romeo and Juliet’s Death Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest love tragedies ever written. The story unfortunately has a fatal ending. I believe that free will is the cause of both Romeo and Juliet's death. I also believe that they had died over the love they had for each other, strong enough that their lives could end so suddenly if something horrible had come between them, and that was exactly how it happened. This tragedy occurred within five days of the two meeting,…

imagery such as “To lay down for my god, and for my kingdom, and my people” In a way she’s creating a picture of her standing in armor fighting with her troops to make them feel confident going into battle alongside their queen. The honor of dying in the presence of their queen. She also said she would lay down for her god, meaning she would sacrifice herself in battle to the enemy like god did for the people of Jerusalem. In line 10 Queen Elizabeth uses utter most courage when she says “I have…

him in Jamestown. Feats such as beheading three Turks, escaping his captors, and capturing Alba Regalis a territory under the Turks for 60 years. How many of us can go around stating we beheaded 3 people for the glory of our lord in our twenties? I know I cannot, however John Smith can; after the Moslem commander, Lord Turbshaw challenged any captain to come challenge him for his head. It started a killing spree of sorts for Smith not…

It gives one another the strength to preserve and fight through challenges. For example, “Lennie broke in. “But not us! An’ why? Because… because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” He laughed delightedly,” (14). George and Lennie always have someone to talk to whenever they feel lonely or need someone to talk to. They motivate each other to keep going…

Tinkerbelle died, when I went to feed her, I put her food in her bowl as usual; she went and looked at it, took a bite and walked away from her food. Because she was the smallest cat, Copper, Callie and Benj never let her have a lot of food, so I had to feed her alone, on top of the workbench just outside the basement door. I was inside feeding my two inside cats Fluffy and Scooter, when I saw Tink fall off the workbench. She landed on her feet, but when she landed her side hit the ground. I ran…

story, "on the sidewalk bleeding" Andy's character is stoic. When he gets stabbed. He just lays there not crying or complaining, but actually peacefully almost. The couple found him laying the girl said "Freddie let’s get out of here! Please." he didn't get mad that they didn't help him because he was a "royal" and they were a "guardian". He didn't even hesitate to think, "wow they wouldn't help me because I was something different from them or wow their jerks.” When the drunken man found him he…

When reflecting on the deaths of his friends, Krakauer describes specific facts about the descent from the summit and illustrates the deaths of each of his expedition mates. From the expedition, “Only Mike Groom and I made it back down [...] failure to act-played a direct role in the death of Andy Harris” (Krakauer 283). Krakauer is reflecting on how he could have done more in saving the lives of his teammates and just how many people came home. By giving us these…