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... Addie has made Anse promise that she will be buried in the town of Jefferson, and though this request is a far more complicated proposition than burying her at home, Anses sense of obligation, combined with his desire to buy a set of false teeth, compels him to fulfill Addies dying wish. ...
SETTING
Like all of Faulkner’s works, As I Lay Dying is set in the
fictional Mississippi county of Yoknapatawpha. ...
PLOT
The plot of As I Lay Dying is deceptively simple. The mother,
Addie, is dying, and wants to make sure that her dying request
is granted, namely that she be buried with her family in
Jefferson.
Approximate Word count = 2106 Approximate Pages = 8.4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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