Themes: Moving On and Acceptance
Following Addie's burial, the Bundren family seems to carry on with their lives. Anse uses Dewey Dell's ten dollars to get himself new teeth and even weds a new wife. Vardaman fantasizes about an electric train he admires, while Cash is eager to enjoy the victrola brought by his new stepmother. Everyone appears satisfied, or as Cash describes it, like monkeys eating bananas. Addie's passing also favors Whitfield, as their clandestine affair stays hidden in history.
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