Addie Bundren is married to Anse Bundren and together they have four boys: Cash, Darl, Jewel, and Vardaman, and one girl named Dewey Dell. Addie is on her death bed and only has one request, to be put to rest in her home town of Jefferson. She passes away and Cash finishes her coffin about the same time. The journey to Jefferson, fourty miles away, was no walk in the park for the Bundren family. Through all the challenges presented to them, they finally make it and bury Addie.
Family is an important concept in everyone's life and this novel makes that clear. The lack of communication creates barriers and misunderstandings between the family memebers.
Irony- Jewel (which is like a treasure) is the most difficult character and not "treasure" like.
Symbolism- It's all through the novel. The children all use different animals to describe their mother.
Foreshadowing- Kate Tull predicted that Anse would remarry very quickly, and almost immediately after they burry Addie, he had found a new woman.
Setting- The setting is in a rural area of Mississippi and it gives you a feeling of emptiness and depression almost.
The tone is difficult to explain. At times the novel is comical, others it's disturbing, and of course it's a very depressed feeling too.
