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As I Lay Dying Betrayal And Dishonesty Analysis

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Betrayal and Honor in “ As I Lay Dying”

Betrayal and dishonesty is looked down on in families. The mother Addie from “ As I Lay Dying” betrays her family and in some ways her family even betrays her, after and before her death: “ Gods will be done, Anse says. Now I can get them teeth”(Darl 52). In the story “ As I Lay Dying” by William Faulkner, The Bundren’s have a love, hate relationship with their mother Addie. Each person in the story has mixed feelings and emotions towards her. After her death the family becomes lost in their own problems and thoughts.

Throughout the book, Anse who is the husband of Addie Bundren always said things that betrayed Addie in some ways after her death: “ Gods will be done, Anse says. Now I can get them
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