As I Lay Dying - Theme Flashcards

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familial love

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  • love is a lie or can be lied about
  • families are tough
  • sometimes lack affection
  • should you sacrifice for your family? anse come out on top because he did not sacrifice for his family. many of the kids struggled because they sacrificed for their family
  • blood is not thicker than water
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existence

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  • existence is relative

- for darl and addie - they exist outside of the traditional way to exist

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understandings

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  • our understandings are effected by perceptions, but we can’t fully understand anything with our limited perspectives
  • this may be why Faulkner organize the book in stream of consciousness
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answers

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  • both a and b
  • those that are “noble and global”
  • no, you are looking for what
  • theme of identity
  • theme of loving and caring
  • theme (overall message)
  • noble and global
  • find the emotions
  • war, and the way
  • impermanent
  • human existence is always relative
  • it is unique, it shifts
  • sometimes our understanding of someone
  • faulkner uses the introspections
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