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.
What were some of the problems that the family faced on the way to Jefferson?
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Why did Addie want to be buried in Jefferson?
In my book Death of a Salesman, the tone also has a depressing feeling and the story is very sad all around.
There is also a ton of symbolism in my book, but the symbolism that you used as an example wasn't used in Death of a Salesman.
The lack of communication in this story is also in the play I read. The lack of communication leads to the separation of the family.
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Hunter Walker
Period 3
1) What would you say is the most common tone, since your book has many tones.
ReplyDeleteWhy would you say that Jewel is the most interesting character? Why is she not "jewel-like"?
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ReplyDeleteSo would you say the theme has to do more with the importance of family, or the conflicts within family?
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What types of animals were used as symbols to describe the mother?
ReplyDeleteMax Kuhlman period 2
What are more literary techniques used in this novel? And who is the author? Other than that I real liked the way you explained things.
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