... . Some families, however, are dysfunctional and go against the grain, which and can negatively impact a community's functionality. So the responsibility is put on the community to help the struggling family. Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and Morrison's Beloved are similarly in the fact that both portray how community plays a key role in a families functionality in society. Looking at the novel Beloved from ... not knowing the next step" (Morrison 31), the two had helped each other during their time at sweet home, and wanted to unify their relationship as a normal community would. Faulkner's ...

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