As i lay dying author7/6/2023 ![]() Though everyone lives in their own isolation, Darl is the only one who seems to notice or care about the issues of others. The most well-spoken and open of the Bundren family. When they finally make it to Jefferson and Anse has his new teeth, he meets a woman who he immediately makes his new wife, seemingly forgetting that Addie ever existed. His only two goals in life seem to be burying Addie in Jefferson and getting a new set of false teeth. The children all resent him for being a poor father and he may be partially to blame for their various issues. He is lazy and selfish and works as a farmer, when he wants to work. ![]() The Patriarch of the Bundren family and father to all of the children except Addie’s favorite, Jewel. She has the last laugh when she asks her family to make a pointless trip to Jefferson to bury her body. She has an affair in an attempt to break the monotony of life and even then gets pregnant, further proving to herself that she is only on the earth to produce offspring. She is locked into a life that she has only resentment for, feeling as though her only purpose in life has been to bear children. ![]() She begins the story on her death bed and soon passes away. The disappointed, bitter, and unsatisfied matriarch of the Bundren clan. ![]()
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