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__As I Lay Dying__ By: William Faulkner

This novel is very difficult to read. Most of the time i can't understand what the author is talking about. It's gets confusing on who is taking because it won't directly tell you who is speaking at some parts. I wonder what the author is talking about whenever he refers to the mother being a fish or a horse. I don't really understand this part where one of the sons, Jewel, goes into the barn and starts beating the horses and saying you killed her. I also don't understand why everyone complains about the mom being such a pain whenever she was alive. It's weird how no one really cares about her death. Anse reminds me of my grandpa because he is always doing things for everyone like my grandpa does. In the story, Cash and Darl are alike because they are both hard working an really want to get things done. I think the setting in the story is important because it sets up alot of problems. Because it is in the eighteen hundreds, they still ride in horse carriges and things such as bridges are broken down in the story. In the story, it is very realistic whenever it talks about riding down the road in the carrige because it describes the horses and the sign approaching and passing them and Jewel charging up behind them on another horse. I dislike this reading because it is hard to understand since all of the characters speak south slang.