A Critical Book Report in As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying is a novel written by William Faulkner in 1930. William Cuthbert Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi, the first of four sons of Murry and Maud Butler Falkner (he later added the “u” to the family name himself). “His great-grandfather, William Clark Falkner, was an important figure in the history of northern Mississippi who served as a colonel in the Confederate Army, founded a railroad, and gave his name to the town of Falkner in nearby Tipah County” (“William Faulkner”). Faulkner identified with this strong and energetic ancestor and often said that he inherited the “ink stain” from him. In 1902, the Falkner family moved to Oxford, Mississippi, where Faulkner was to spend most of his life. He left school in his senior year of high school, and began working at his grandfather’s bank. After his plans to marry his beloved Estelle Oldham were squashed by their families, he......
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