... the individuals of the human race. How can such opposite and conflicting emotions survive together in one body? In As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner uses point-of-view, humor, symbolism, and--most importantly--the characters themselves in an attempt to fathom the complexities of the human heart ... a record flood with it. The family tries to brave the wind and rain to get Addie to Jefferson despite the flood, but get held back by the absence of the two closest bridges. Days later, they ford the river, then travel on to Jefferson, where Anse remarries the day after Addie ... is buried. The...

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• Grade Level: High School

... from their honeymoon the family began to live at Miss Emma Meeks house in Oxford. While living in Oxford, Faulkner wrote a novel called As I Lay Dying. " This book was published on October 6, 1030 by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith. Faulkner himself called As I Lay Dying one of Faulkner's best novels, as well as a self-proclaimed "tour de force". The story is about the deception of the Bundren family's quest to Jefferson ... also said to be one of Faulkner's best novels, Light in August tells the compelling story of Joe Christmas, an orphan of ambiguous ancestry who believes himself to b...

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• Grade Level: High School

William Faulkner is viewed by many as America's greatest writer of prose fiction. He was born in New Albany, Mississippi, where he lived a life filled with good times as well as bad. However, despite bad times he would become known as a poet, a short story writer, and finally one of the greatest contemporary novelists of his time. William Faulkner's accomplishments resulted not only from his love and devotion to ... husband and returned to Oxford with the two children of the marriage, Malcolm and Victoria (known as Cho Cho) . Faulkner got a job working at the university power plant. "In Octob...

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• Grade Level: High School