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Things to ponder...: As I Lay Dying, characterizing Vardaman... - 0 views

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  • Although he is the youngest, it seems as though he is the lost one in the family- no one is there to help him figure out or understand the concept of death,
  • Vardaman is alone in thought and age difference in the family and he sort of becomes an orphan when he loses his mother
  • Evan G on 26 Feb 12
     
    This source discusses the role of isolation and alienation in Vardaman's life; he is the innocent, clueless child who is unable to comprehend Addie's death, yet his father and brothers neglect him, and no one helps him understand. He wanders around confused and clueless
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Addie Bundren in As I Lay Dying - 0 views

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  • She worked as a schoolteacher and enjoyed whipping her students, whom she secretly hated. Oddly enough, what appealed to Addie most about this corporal punishment was the fact that it made her a part of the students’ lives. "Now you are aware of me!"
  • She wants to be noticed; she wants to be a real person. Having kids doesn’t solve the problem; it just presents a new one.
  • Evan G on 26 Feb 12
     
    Good source which discusses Addie Bunds and the entire theme of isolation; as a mother back in the day, childbirth is really her only appreciable quality. Her entire life, Addie just wants some recognition and companionship; Anse certainly neglects to fulfill the part of a decent husband, so she is left alone to die. Good site for the theme of isolation/alienation, especially by her own children.
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Darl in Faulkner's As I Lay Dying - 0 views

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  • Evan G on 26 Feb 12
     
    This source compares Anse and Addie to Adam and Eve, and also explores the ideas that poor parenting leads to poor children behavior. Like Victor, Anse and Addie really don't fulfill the roles of decent father/mother figures. As a result, most of the children go astray (Vardaman is clueless and baffled, Darl starts to lose his grip, Dewey Dell is left pregnant and alone)
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Jewel Bundren in As I Lay Dying - 0 views

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  • biologically, Jewel is not part of the Bundren household. Darl reminds us of as much by repeatedly describing him as pale, wooden, rigid, solid
  • ewel is a foreigner amongst family. And he knows it.
  • Evan G on 26 Feb 12
     
    This source discusses Jewel's isolation from his family (except his mother). Sort of like Victor's monster with humanity, Jewel knows he does not belong to his family, and as a result fails to get along with most of them. He constantly bickers and curses at his brothers, to the point of hating them, as well as Anse. However, like the monster, the only person whose affection he desires are his creator's, Addie's, which he does absolutely anything to obtain. He wants acceptance and approval from the only person he cares about.
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McKennaPedia - Dewey Dell - 0 views

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  • Because she is afraid of the consequences of telling others about her pregnancy, Dewey Dell chooses to face it alone and begins to isolate herself. Her alienation robs her of the ability to relate with others.
  • Evan G on 26 Feb 12
     
    This source discusses the alienation that Dewey Dell goes through as a result of her pregnancy. She loses her innate ability to connect with fellow humans as a result of her dreadful secret (just like Frankenstein) and becomes more and more self absorbed.
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Teaching Faulkner, Southeast Missouri State University - 0 views

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  • By his final monologue, Darl sees himself as an onlooker, having lost his distinctness as character.
  • By monologue 19, all he/him references are of Darl referring to himself in the third person. He is the detached, separated Darl.
  • Evan G on 26 Feb 12
     
    This source discusses the isolation Darl undergoes. He originally was one of the few rational thinkers of his family, however, he is rejected and despised as queer and different, and so alienated that he finally is driven to despair and starts losing his grasp. He's been rejected, even by his mother, to the point at which he even considers himself an onlooker and spectator,
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