As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying!
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- Peabody
- Addie's doctor; dislikes the way Anse raises and treats his kids
- Anse
- lazy; wants new teeth; "loved" Addie
- William Faulkner
- author of novel; lived most of his life in Oxford, Mississippi
- Addie
- loved Jewel most; enjoyed beating kids; had an affair
- Tull
- objective; Cora's husband; helps Bundren's cross river
- Yoknapatowpha
- fictional setting; novel takes place here
- Horse
- Jewel's "mother"
- Jewel
- loves Horses; saves coffin twice (from Fire and Water)
- Jefferson
- Addie's punishment --> wants to be buried here
- Cora
- religious woman; dislikes Jewel; very uptight and nosy
- Mrs. Bundren
- Anse brings her back to the family after getting his teeth
- MacGowan
- tricked Dewey Dell; works at pharmacy
- Dewey Dell
- picked cotton in the fields with Lafe; wants an abortion
- Whitfield
- minister; had an affair
- Oxford
- William Faulkner spent most of his life here
- Lafe
- father of Dewey Dell's baby
- Samson
- Bundren's stayed at his residence
- Darl
- seems to be Psychic; sent to Jackson
- Vardaman
- young; thinks his mother is a fish; wants to see the train
- Jackson
- Darl gets sent here for being insane
- Cash
- literal Minded; built coffin; broke his legs twice