William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying :: William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

I engage both(prenominal) negative and positive things to say about William Faulkners novel As I Lay Dying. In the book Faulkner uses a very eccentric approach for narration. He has very strong sentences and wording, but the story itself was to a fault strange and warped for my enjoyment. Nevertheless there is a vibe presumptuousness off in this Faulkner Novel that make it a timeless classic.When I started reading this book it only took me the first few chapters to notice that the expression and sentence structure are superb. Faulkner puts the words in his sentences so short it strikes me as a work of art. Descriptive sentences identical this with outstanding vocabulary give the reader a distinct image of what Faulkner is describing It wheels up like a motionless hand lifted above the profound forlornness of the ocean beyond it the red road lies like a stave of which Addie Bundren is the rim Faulkner uses a myriad of descriptive adjectives, vocabulary and metaphors in this an umpteen of his sentences to give the novel a true ring.Faulkner novel indeed does have its disturbing strangeness however. The entire family acts as if they each are from a different species of human. Their awkward personalities and strange minds give an unpleasant shutter to the sprightliness of the story making it somewhat uncomfortable to read and even much uncomfortable once you put the book down because it leaves you somewhat bewildered. mayhap the story would have been better if it were from one narrators academic degree of view instead of a plethora of them.Positive or prejudicious its a tough argument to deny that this is truly a classic novel. The artistic sentences and the demented minds of the characters create a whirlwind in the readers mind, imbibe them into the book and making them feel as if they were part of the story.