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Addie Bundren's Character From 'The Grapes Of Wrath'

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I liked how the family wanted to complete Addie Bundren’s dying wish to be buried in Jefferson so matter how bad the circumstances got. “[Anse Bundren, her husband] promised [Addie]. She wanted it. She from there. Her mind was set on it” (89). Sadly, Addie wanted to be buried in Jefferson because she never had liked Anse. She only lived until she completed her duty of giving children to him. She had a miserable life in the country with Anse, but she fulfilled her duty as a wife until she was ready.

I didn’t like how terrible the family’s trip was to Jefferson. Due to pouring rain, all of the bridges washed away. I also didn’t like how dysfunctional the family was. They would butt heads and lose their tempers constantly while on their journey. The portion that I highly disliked about the novel is in the end. Anse is coming back to the wagon, after burying Addie the previous day before, while walking he looks “kind of hangdog and proud too, with his teeth and all, even if he wouldn’t look at us. ‘Meet Mrs. Bundren,’ he says” (261). This hurts me because after putting all the effort to bring his dead-for-nine-days wife back to Jefferson in order to bury her with her family, Anse goes and finds a new wife. …show more content…

The family was to an extent religious. Dewey Dell was not married, which having a child out of wedlock is a sin in the Bible. Her character and judgment seemed to be the best out of all of her four siblings. The child’s father—Lafe—did not seem too interested when he found out that Dewey Dell was pregnant with his child. “[Lafe] told me I could get something at the drug store, [says Dewey Dell.] He said they might not want to sell it to me, but if I had ten dollars and told them I wouldn’t never tell nobody…” (202). She did not seem like one to be seventeen and pregnant, but everyone has a different side to

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Neither one of them gets close to the coffin or has an active role in the burial process. Every time the image of the coffin appears, it is associated with one of the four sons, but not Anse or Dewey Dell. This is because Addie has a complicated relationship with these two the result of the distance is shown even after her death. Addie and Anse have a loveless marriage.

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Dewey Dell did not regret the decision of going to Jefferson for selfish reasons. She regretted trying to get an abortion from the “doctor” she went to see. Most people would understand her decision, but that should not have been her main focus of her trip. Dewey Dell and her mother never really speak before Addie dies, but she was still Dewey’s mother. A death of a family member, even one a person is not close to, is still a sad occasion and said family member should be given a proper burial.

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