Biography
Faulkner’s birth place and setting for literature.
What is Mississippi?
Faulkner writes through the eyes of different characters.
How does Faulkner convey varying perspectives and morals?
The two characters used to display the philosophy of the novel most frequently.
Who are Anse and Addie?
The essential quality lacking within the Bundren family.
What is communication?
They are attracted to Addie’s stench and symbolize death.
What are vultures/buzzards?
The amount of time it took for Faulkner to write AILD.
How long is 6-8 weeks?
A style said to use different perspectives and thought processes.
What is stream of consciousness?
A biblical allusion connecting the Bible and the philosophy of AILD.
What is a flood? What is a fire?
The character who most observes the surface level of the “family“ theme.
The meaning behind the family name.
What is burden?
Why Faulkner was rejected from the US military.
What is being short?
The reason Vardaman and Darl have contrasting language.
What is maturity?
The contemporary artistic philosophy present in the novel.
What is Cubism?
What Darl predicted the end of life for.
Who are anse’s mules?
Symbols used to describe death from different perspective.
What are animals?
Faulkner’s female idol who he looked up to.
Who is Mammy (Caroline Barr)?
The two authors Faulkner’s style was influenced by.
Who are Virginia Woolf and James Joyce?
The character who is the best example of cubism in the novel.
Who is Anse?
What is death?
The source of burden, chaos, and isolation.
What is the coffin?