As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Annotation Assignment: DUE on 11/10

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Please avoid ALL other online sources and accept this challenge! Dont fretjust approach the
novel with your best effort. We will also work in class and Ill help youbut THINK for yourself
and do the best you can.
Annotations:

Read each chapter through and make bullet point notes:

o What is literally happening in this chapter?
o What do we learn about the speaker of this chapter and his or her relationship to other
characters?
o Identify any items, ideas, or specific words (possible symbols and motifs) that appear to
have some significance. Even if you dont think you get it just yet, go ahead and write
down what sticks out to you.
o Reactions? Write them down.

After chapters 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 59, address the following questions (in addition to your
single chapter notes):
o Make a bullet list of items, words, and/or descriptions that appear prominent and/or
often.
o Make a deeper level inference about at least one of these items, words, and/or
descriptions.
Is it a symbol? For what? Is it a motif? Why does Faulkner keep mentioning it?
If you have noticed it in another chapter, how has it evolved or changed?
Explain.
If you have noticed it with another character, how is it different for each
character? Explain.

Name of Character
Darl 19
Cora 3
Jewel - 1
Dewey Dell 4
Tull 6
Anse 3
Peabody 2
Vardaman 10
Cash 5
Samson 1
Addie 1
Whitfield 1
Armistid 1
Moseley 1
MacGowan 1

Chapters Narrated
1, 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 32, 34, 37,
42, 46, 48, 50, 52, 57
2, 6, 39
4
7, 14, 30, 58
8, 16, 20, 31, 33, 36
9, 26, 28
11, 54
13, 15, 19, 24, 35, 44, 47, 49, 51, 56
18, 22, 38, 53, 59
29
40
41
43
45
55

1. Darl

31. Tull

2. Cora

32. Darl

3. Darl

33. Tull

4. Jewel

34. Darl

5. Darl

35. Vardaman

6. Cora

36. Tull

7. Dewey Dell

37. Darl

8. Tull

38. Cash

9. Anse

39. Cora

10. Darl

40. Addie

11. Peabody

41. Whitfield

12. Darl

42. Darl

13. Vardaman

43. Armstid

14. Dewey Dell

44. Vardaman

15. Vardaman

45. Moseley

16. Tull

46. Darl

17. Darl

47. Vardaman

18. Cash

48. Darl

19. Vardaman

49. Vardaman

20. Tull

50. Darl

21. Darl

51. Vardaman

22. Cash

52. Darl

23. Darl

53. Cash

24. Vardaman

54. Peabody

25. Darl

55. MacGowan

26. Anse

56. Vardaman

27. Darl

57. Darl

28. Anse

58. Dewey Dell

29. Samson

59. Cash

30. Dewey Dell