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Character Analysis Of Holden In William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying

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Reveals about situation: Holden is very angry, and the reader can tell that the statement was said in an angry tone compared to his usual sarcastic and nonchalant tone. Also, after Sally tells him how his statement upset her, he laughs at her: “All of sudden I did something I shouldn’t have. I laughed” (p. 149). This situation is very similar to that in William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. In Faulkner’s novel, Darl lets his emotions build up until he finally has an emotional breakdown. Once he finds out he is going to be sent to a mental institution for burning a barn down, he laughs hysterically at the ignorance of his family. Likewise, Holden has made a long journey from Pencey and is yet to physically release any emotions that have built
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