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Post by willhogge11 on Oct 12, 2011 17:32:20 GMT -5
When Darl proposes the idea to go into town in order to make the 3 dollars I was very confused by Anse. Falukner describes him as sitting there rubbing his knees. Time and time again he says "No man mislikes it more than me"(18, 19,29, and 30). Can someone tell me what this means? I assume it has something to do with leaving Addie, but it confuses me because Anse is not a moral character. Also, could there be some deeper meaning here? It seems often in literature that repetition is often a sign that something very important is going on here. I might be making something out of nothing here but if anyone has any ideas that would be great.
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Post by aspera9 on Oct 12, 2011 17:53:21 GMT -5
It seems to me that the reason Anse is so upset about his sons being away while their mother dies is a bit more selfish than it appears. As we all know, Anse is a very lazy man. He no longer works and his philosophy on life questions why men move so much if they were built to "stay put like a tree or a strand of corn" (36). The most probable reason for his worry is that if his wife dies while two of his sons are away, Anse will be stuck with the work of moving his wife to Jefferson. Anse's inactive lifestyle and aversion to work is so strong that he does not even want to put in the effort to fulfill his wife's dying wish. I believe that the repetition of Anse's concern about the situation is a way for Faulkner to show the extent of Anse's laziness and lack of compassion because he will not even work hard enough to keep his promise to his dying wife.
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