Read from As I Lay Dying on from The Norton Anthology of American Literature (Ninth Edition) (Vol. Package 2: Volumes C, D, E) Here is a link to the book: https://uerjundergradslit.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/the-norton-anthology-of-american-literature-9th-eidtion-volumes-c-d-e.pdf

Finish the novel (pg. 666 to the end of the novel).

What does the final portrait of the Bundrens look like? Are they as rotten as Addie’s corpse, full of despair and dissolution? Or are they a tribute to the vigor and resolve of a Southern family, who successfully complete an overwhelming task? Does Faulkner truly resolve this issue?

Discussion post. No need to write formal paper.