As I Lay Dying | Characters

Much like the Compsons of The Sound and the Fury or the Sutpens of Absalom, Absalom, As I Lay Dying presents a family portrait of the Bundrens. Unlike the multigenerational families in the other novels, the Bundrens are not an aristocratic dynasty but a family of poor hill farmers, and as a result readers may not be aware that the Bundren family contains three generations. Addie Bundren is the wife of the poor hill farmer, Anse Bundren, and mother to his five children. Despite the fact that Addie has only one monologue, she is the most powerful character in the novel. She...

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