Allison

=As I Lay Dying Digital Journal =

Extended Response of Vardaman pg 84

My mother is a fish. She must be a fish. The fish died and now she died. She's gone, just like the fish is gone. There is no more fish and no more mother. The fish could not breathe and now that my mother is in that box she can no longer breathe. They want to take her to town. She will really be gone then. Just like the fish is gone now. My mother will not come back. She is just like the fish, who will not come back again because it is gone. They are the same. Both of them are dead and gone away. The fish died because of me and my mother died after Peabody came. My mother died because he killed her, just like the fish died because of me. They both died because of someone else. They are the same in so many ways. My mother must be a fish. = =

www.flickr.com This shows Vardaman because he is a young boy who seems to keep to himself, which he showed when he went off to the barn to cry by himself after his mom died.

Jewel's Diary Entry Response to Darl pg 39-40

Darl keeps saying that she is going to die. Damn him. He does not understand me. His nagging me about this makes me want to punch him. He deserves it. I do not want her to die. Darl just will not stop taunting me about it. It is not just me; he seems to be bugging Dewey Dell about something, too, although I don't know what he has been bugging her about. He seems just fine with her death. If Darl knows what is good for him, he will stop telling me that my mother is going to die. I can face the truth and I already know that she might not make it from this sickness, but he does not have to keep reminding me. She is my mother and I am losing her. www.flickr.com = = This depicts Jewel because he loves his horse and he likes to ride it.

Addie's Reaction to Vardaman pg 53

Vardaman, you are so young and now you have no mother. You should not take it out on Peabody and his horses, though. Peabody did not kill me. It was my time to die before he came. I lived my life all the while preparing to die. I was so sick of my life. To be honest, I am glad that it is over. I can see that hitting these horses is helping you to cope. I see you running and striking the ground with your stick. When your stick breaks down to the tip you go to the barn and curse at the cows like Jewel. Jewel was the only child that was not for Anse. During my life I accomplished what I needed to. I provided Anse with a wife and children, with the exception of Jewel. Toughen yourself up and do not be upset with my death. I did not have a reason to continue living anymore. Now I can finally have my peace back. The peace that I lost so many years ago by getting married. Your sister is calling you for dinner. I know that you are confused about the fish. I swear to you that I'm not a fish. You can just eat; go and eat your dinner. Someday you will understand my death and you will die too, just like me. www.flickr.com This coffin represents Addie because she is dying and Cash is building her a coffin that is waiting for her.

Visual Depiction of Dewey Dell pg 58-64

This wordle describes the section because in this section Dewey Dell is talking about when she was crying in the barn after Addie died. She goes in there and is talking to the cow and explaining how alone she feels and about her feelings toward having an abortion, when she realizes that Vardaman is also in there with her. She thinks that he was in there trying to be a sneak when he was just in there because he was trying to cry after his mom died.

Poem of Dewey Dell pg 26-28

=The Thoughts of Dewey Dell = = = We pick, pick, pick the cotton Lafe and I pick the cotton We pick the cotton down the row The more and more we pick

We get closer and closer to the shade I'm filling my basket with the cotton If I fill the basket with the cotton Then I have no reason to keep picking

If my basket is not filled I must continue picking down the next row If I have no reason to go down the next row Then I must stop in the shade with Lafe

Lafe puts cotton in my basket When we reach the end, my basket is filled It is filled to the rim giving me no reason to continue so we stop in the shade

I know Darl knows about us in the shade He speaks through his eyes Through his eyes he told me about us And through his eyes he told me she was going to die



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This represents Dewey Dell because she is a young woman who seems to be kind of in her own world and she is kind of ignorant.

Extended Response of Jewel pg 14-15

No one understands. She just needs to be left alone. All of these people surrounding her make it hard for her to even rest. Cash's saw goes back and forth repeatedly. It never stops. I just want it to stop. Then Dewey Dell just mindlessly stands there fanning her. No one really cares like I do. It should just be me and her. I would care for her and protect her. She cared for me. I would return the favor. I would not be like the rest of them. She needs quiet; we need quiet. Cash needs to go somewhere else to make the stupid coffin.

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Anse's Diary Entry Response to Vardaman pg 65-67

The boy seems crazy. He is preoccupied with this fish. He can not think straight. He goes from asking if Cash was going to nail her in the coffin to talking about the price of bananas, sugar, and coffee. The boy asks me questions like why he is not a town boy. I do not feel like answering him and I don't have the time to answer him. He probably is just upset about Addie's death. Eventually he should stop asking these questions and talking about these random things that have to do with town. They are probably just on his mind because we are taking her there. Soon enough we will get to town and Vardaman will be more like his usual self and I will have my new teeth. Things will be better again.

www.flickr.com This picture shows Anse because Anse would always sit back and watch everyone else as they would do work, while he did nothing.

Visual Depiction of Addie pg 169-176

This is a picture of the spring that Addie would go to after all the kids left the school house. Here she was able to have her peace and quiet. It was her place to escape to when the day was done. This place is also where Anse asked her to marry him. When he asked her this, it ended her peace. Now she would have to have kids and a family. This was life changing for Addie. When she was finished having kids and being a wife to Anse, she died and was able to have peace again.

Newletter of Tull pg 68-75



Blabberize of Darl pg 128-136

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