As I Lay Dying: Styles Used By William Faulkner
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-Darl's Section (p.128)
Most authors have certain styles that result in bringing across
certain ideas. In As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner uses a subtle and
discreet narrative manner to bring forth important pieces of information
that adds to the story, and important themes. In one of the chapters ....
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.... work as hard
as Jewel did for a horse. We also see the tension between Anse and Jewel.
We see the lack of respect Jewel has for Anse. It is rather ironic when
Anse says "He's just lazy, trying me" (p. 129) Since Jewel has been working
really hard, and it is Anse who is lazy. Furthering on Jewel and Anse's
relationship, I feel that it is fairly evident that Jewel knows that Anse
is not his father. This is illustrated in the following section on page
136: "Jewel looked at Pa, his eyes paler than ....
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