Jewel

obstacles thrown at them en route to Jefferson. However, we come to learn that each one of the family members possesses an ulterior motive of their own expressing motivations based less on familial duty, and more on self-interest. The characters Anse and Jewel show very contrasting ideals…

Throughout the novel, Jewel feels disconnected from his family, especially how they act towards his dying mother. Recognizing this struggle, Jewel’s mother offers Jewel a way to escape his family because she supports his efforts to work to buy a horse (Faulkner 129-135). Once he gets the horse, it becomes one of his most valued items because it represents freedom. This value can be seen when Darl comments that “‘It’s not your horse that’s dead, Jewel’” (Faulkner 94-95). When Jewel hears about…

Jewel is the best example for looking at animal symbolism, with reference to similes. In the beginning pages it is unclear how Jewel truly feels about Addie, even though Addie clearly favors Jewel compared to the rest of the children. In the beginning pages he describes his neighbors surrounding his mother’s body “like buzzards” (15). Buzzard’s often…

family members have motives of their own. Evident in that half of them with the exception of Darl, Cash and Jewel have other reasons than to bury Addie in Jefferson. The Bundren's disconnect as a family maybe the result of Addie’s death, mothers are the glue that hold families together. Although even when alive, Addie seemed to be the cause of it as well, with her favoritism of Cash and Jewel, the…

Faulkner utilizes italics for many reasons. Primarily though, italics are used to reveal the inner thoughts that each character has and to put emphasis on certain parts in the novel. The use of italics concerning Darl portrays shifts in place and omniscient nature. Darl’s italics begin with his description of what occurs when they are fixing more load. Then, the shift occurs as he fixates on knowing what goes on at his family’s house. He reveals that Addie has died, even though he is not…

several chapters in a seeming random pattern and focus, reveal that Darl can’t fully accept or comprehend Addie’s death. When he tries to inform Jewel that Addie has died, he writes, “Jewel, I say” (49) three distinct times. Throughout the novel, Darl, usually, communicates with ease, conversing in gestures and looks alone,…

think it would be more difficult to practice Theravada Buddhism in twenty-first America. Theraveda Buddhism thrives in tradition, so monasticism and the community that revolves around the monks may be very difficult in American society. The Three Jewels in Buddhism represent the three most important aspects of the religion, Sangha (community of the Buddha,) Dharma (teachings of the Buddha,) and the Buddha himself.…

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…

might be an even higher standard than reality, because P. Burke’s body matters even less in this world than in the real world. In Egan’s story, the jewels are supposed to extend lives, but by doing so, the jewel itself becomes “immortal” (Egan, 159). The narrator loses his life to the jewel slowly, and neither his mind or his body can be saved. The jewel even takes over the narration, and explains that the previous narrator “spent the last week of his life helpless, terrified, suffocated by the…

Brief introduction of the subject matter: It is well known that parents have an impact on how their children develop. In Beloved, Sethe, a protective ex-slave, attempts to kill all her children so they can avoid experiencing the terror of slavery. This leads to damaged relationships between Sethe and her children. In As I Lay Dying, Addie and Anse both play an active role in their children’s lives, until Addie’s death. The book follows Addie’s death and the aftermath, showing how the family…