Dysfunctional Families in Literature

There are fifteen narrators in Faulkner's novel, shifting

points of view around the central figure of Addie, the mother. Her importance to her children should be the center of the book and is meant to provide an anchor of sorts for each character to find his or her own identity. While family is central to As I Lay Dying, family is a burden more than a blessing. Addie feels her father has never loved her, and her new family becomes an escape from the old. Addie's life is seen as a failure by her, and her death becomes a means of bringing the family together. Her plan succeeds only faintly, for the family does what she wants but does not become closer or more aware of their debt to her in the process. Relationships, however, are the central fact of life, and even though they may not work, they provide the individual with a sense of self and a

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