1. Theme Descriptions of As I Lay
... to represent the horse. It corresponds to Jewel as being a young man of explosive and dangerous action. He also has strong emotions, as when he saves Addie's body from the burning building, "...he appears to be enclosed in a thin nimbus of fire." (Turner, pp. 23-29) Darl Bundren takes the place as the Wise Man, according to Carl Jung, representing age ... a horse, but who was your father, Jewel?" Darl meets the truths and cognitions of existence, and his tendencies account for those of fire and light. These are depicted in the barn he burns and the river episode. Yet when he is finally ...
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