The genre of fiction is the classification for any story involving facts, events, and characters that are not real. Fiction novels are heavily depended on their characters and setting whereas other genres may depend more on facts, relationships or atmosphere. It is what happens to the characters and their relation to their setting that tailors a good fiction story as the authors have to fabricate other worlds that more often than not are very different from our reality. William Faulkner heavily depends on his character development for the plot advancement. This is made evident in “As I Lay Dying”. The book is narrated by fifteen different characters who tell the story of Addie Bundren’s death and the journey of her family, who even though poor, honor her last wish, which is to be buried in her birthplace of Jefferson, Mississippi.
The family is made up of five kids;
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For example, Darl knows that she is pregnant – she knows that he knows too - “…and then I saw Darl, and he knew” (Faulkner, 27). Furthermore, their connection is evident when in the same section Dewey Dell says the following quote; “He said he knew…because he knows” (Faulkner 27). Later in the story, as the family is on the way to Jefferson to bury Addie, they make a stop at Mottson, where Darl asks Dewey Dell to go and sell the cupcakes she was carrying before they go bad, “You better try to sell them in Motsson” (Faulkner, 196). Once more their special connection is obvious – he makes sure to take care of her and help her without no one noticing the truth. As we see later, she goes to a pharmacy to get medicine for the baby, something Darl knew, does thus allows the story to continue by giving Dewey Dell the chance to try to get the abortion medicine without letting anybody else in the family suspect what is happening. The pharmacy scene is in the chapter narrated by the drugstore owner, (Faulkner