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Darl confirms his {{meta|distancing| | Darl confirms his {{meta|distancing|ref=distance}} ability: | ||
{{quote|In a '''strange room''' you must empty yourself for sleep. And before you are emptied for sleep, what are you. And when you are emptied for sleep, you are not. And when you are filled with sleep, you never were. I don’t know what I am. I don’t know if I am or not. Jewel knows he is, because he does not know that he does not know whether he is or not. He cannot empty himself for sleep because hi is not what he is and he is what he is not. […] And Jewel ''is'', so Addie Bundren must be. And then I must be, or I could not empty myself for sleep in a '''strange room'''. And so if I am not emptied yet, I am ''is''. | {{quote|In a '''strange room''' you must empty yourself for sleep. And before you are emptied for sleep, what are you. And when you are emptied for sleep, you are not. And when you are filled with sleep, you never were. I don’t know what I am. I don’t know if I am or not. Jewel knows he is, because he does not know that he does not know whether he is or not. He cannot empty himself for sleep because hi is not what he is and he is what he is not. […] And Jewel ''is'', so Addie Bundren must be. And then I must be, or I could not empty myself for sleep in a '''strange room'''. And so if I am not emptied yet, I am ''is''. | ||
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Vardaman reiterates his {{meta|familial {{meta|enumeration}}| | Vardaman reiterates his {{meta|familial {{meta|enumeration}}|ref=familial}} while the family gets nearer to town. In particular, he uses the {{meta|phrasal {{meta|repetition}}|def}} “X is my brother:” | ||
{{quote|'''Darl and Jewel and Dewey Dell and I''' are walking up the hill behind the wagon. Jewel came back. He came up the road and got into the wagon. He was walking. Jewel hasn’t got a horse any more. '''Jewel is my brother'''. '''Cash is my brother'''. Cash has a broken leg. We fixed Cash’s leg so it doesn’t hurt. '''Cash is my brother'''. '''Jewel is my brother''' too, but he hasn’t got a broken leg. | {{quote|'''Darl and Jewel and Dewey Dell and I''' are walking up the hill behind the wagon. Jewel came back. He came up the road and got into the wagon. He was walking. Jewel hasn’t got a horse any more. '''Jewel is my brother'''. '''Cash is my brother'''. Cash has a broken leg. We fixed Cash’s leg so it doesn’t hurt. '''Cash is my brother'''. '''Jewel is my brother''' too, but he hasn’t got a broken leg. | ||
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On their way, Vardaman spots something (presumably Darl trying to burn the coffin), and identifies him through {{meta|familial {{meta|enumeration}}| | On their way, Vardaman spots something (presumably Darl trying to burn the coffin), and identifies him through {{meta|familial {{meta|enumeration}}|ref=familial}}: | ||
{{quote|''And I saw something Dewey Dell told me not to tell nobody. '''It is not about pa and it is not about Cash and it is not about Jewel and it not about Dewey Dell and it is not about me'''.'' | {{quote|''And I saw something Dewey Dell told me not to tell nobody. '''It is not about pa and it is not about Cash and it is not about Jewel and it not about Dewey Dell and it is not about me'''.'' | ||
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The {{meta|balancing| | The {{meta|balancing|ref=balance}} {{meta|relativizes|def}} Darl’s doings through his {{meta|distancing|ref=distance}}: | ||
{{quote|Because there ain’t nothing justifies the deliberate destruction of what a man has built with his own sweat and stored the fruit of his sweat into. | {{quote|Because there ain’t nothing justifies the deliberate destruction of what a man has built with his own sweat and stored the fruit of his sweat into. | ||
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When Vardaman expresses a {{meta|phrasal {{meta|repetition}}| | When Vardaman expresses a {{meta|phrasal {{meta|repetition}}|ref=phrasal}} involving Darl after the latter was arrested: | ||
{{quote|''He had to get on the train to go to Jackson. I have not been on the train, but Darl has been on the train. Darl. Darl is my brother. '''Darl, Darl''''' | {{quote|''He had to get on the train to go to Jackson. I have not been on the train, but Darl has been on the train. Darl. Darl is my brother. '''Darl, Darl''''' | ||
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The latter quote directly transitions into a Darl chapter where Darl {{meta|repeats| | The latter quote directly transitions into a Darl chapter where Darl {{meta|repeats|ref=repetition}} not only his own name, but also the {{meta|phrasal {{meta|repetition}}|ref=phrasal}}, accomplishing a {{meta|{{meta|relativized|ref=relativizes}} repetition|def=relativized}}: | ||
{{quote|'''Darl''' has gone to Jackson. They put '''him''' on the train, laughing, down the long car lauging, the heads turning like the heads of owls when he passed. […] | {{quote|'''Darl''' has gone to Jackson. They put '''him''' on the train, laughing, down the long car lauging, the heads turning like the heads of owls when he passed. […] | ||
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At the end of the last chapter, Cash expresses a {{meta|{{meta|relativized}} repetition| | At the end of the last chapter, Cash expresses a {{meta|{{meta|relativized}} repetition|ref=relativized}}: “this world is not '''his''' world; this life '''his''' life:” | ||
{{quote|Then we see it wasn’t the grip that made him look different; it was his face, and Jewel says, “He got them teeth.” | {{quote|Then we see it wasn’t the grip that made him look different; it was his face, and Jewel says, “He got them teeth.” | ||
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This {{meta|{{meta|relativized}} repetition| | This {{meta|{{meta|relativized}} repetition|ref=relativized}} contrasts with the final line that follows, where a {{meta|familial {{meta|enumeration}}|ref=familial}} involves an {{meta|arbitrary|ref=arbitrariness}} {{meta|transformation}} (from the deceased to “duck-shaped woman”) despite the name “Mrs Bundren” {{meta|repeating|ref=repetition}} with respect to Addie Bundren: | ||
{{quote|“It’s '''Cash and Jewel and Vardaman and Dewey Dell''',” pa says, kind of hangdog and proud too, with his teeth and all, even if he wouldn’t look at us. “Meet '''Mrs Bundren''',” he says. | {{quote|“It’s '''Cash and Jewel and Vardaman and Dewey Dell''',” pa says, kind of hangdog and proud too, with his teeth and all, even if he wouldn’t look at us. “Meet '''Mrs Bundren''',” he says. |
Revision as of 11:23, 5 December 2021
As I Lay Dying opens with Darl as the point-of-view character. Early on, it is established that Darl can <{{#replace:distance|}}||nested=yes}}}}> himself from even himself.
The end of his chapter is marked by a <{{#replace:rythmic|}}||nested=yes}}}}> <{{#replace:repetition|}}||nested=yes}}}}> of the noise the adze makes:
His brother Vardaman also shows in his chapters a <{{#replace:rythmic|}}||nested=yes}}}}> type of <{{#replace:enumeration|}}||nested=yes}}}}> :
“Cooked and et. Cooked and et.”
❞His chapters show a recurring <{{#replace:familial <{{#replace:enumeration|}}||nested=yes}}}}>|}}||nested=yes}}}}> that is introduced along a <{{#replace:transformation|}}||nested=yes}}}}> of the mother Addie Bundren:
Darl confirms his <{{#replace:distancing|}}||nested=yes}}}}> ability:
How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home.
❞In a one-line Vardaman chapter, the <{{#replace:transformation|}}||nested=yes}}}}> is then completed.
While the family moves the coffin to town, Cash talks of its <{{#replace:balance|}}||nested=yes}}}}> (which is quite ironic considering his background story includes him falling from a roof and breaking a leg):
Addie Bundren has a monologue in her own chapter where she points out the <{{#replace:arbitrariness|}}||nested=yes}}}}> of words and names:
Vardaman reiterates his <span id="familial <{{#replace:enumeration|}}||nested=yes}}}}>" style="font-style:italic; color: #505050"><{{#replace:familial <{{#replace:enumeration|}}||nested=yes}}}}>|}}||nested=yes}}}}> while the family gets nearer to town. In particular, he uses the <span id="phrasal <{{#replace:repetition|}}||nested=yes}}}}>" style="font-style:italic; color: #505050"><{{#replace:phrasal <{{#replace:repetition|}}||nested=yes}}}}>|}}||nested=yes}}}}> “X is my brother:”
On their way, Vardaman spots something (presumably Darl trying to burn the coffin), and identifies him through <span id="familial <{{#replace:enumeration|}}||nested=yes}}}}>" style="font-style:italic; color: #505050"><{{#replace:familial <{{#replace:enumeration|}}||nested=yes}}}}>|}}||nested=yes}}}}>:
Cash later tries to <{{#replace:balance|}}||nested=yes}}}}> what is right and what is wrong:
The <{{#replace:balancing|}}||nested=yes}}}}> <{{#replace:relativizes|}}||nested=yes}}}}> Darl’s doings through his <{{#replace:distancing|}}||nested=yes}}}}>:
But I ain’t so sho that ere a man has the right to say what is crazy and what ain’t. It’s like there was a fellow in every man that’s done a-past the sanity or the insanity, that watches the sane and the insane doings of that man with the same horror and the same astonishment.
❞When Vardaman expresses a <span id="phrasal <{{#replace:repetition|}}||nested=yes}}}}>" style="font-style:italic; color: #505050"><{{#replace:phrasal <{{#replace:repetition|}}||nested=yes}}}}>|}}||nested=yes}}}}> involving Darl after the latter was arrested:
The latter quote directly transitions into a Darl chapter where Darl <{{#replace:repeats|}}||nested=yes}}}}> not only his own name, but also the <span id="phrasal <{{#replace:repetition|}}||nested=yes}}}}>" style="font-style:italic; color: #505050"><{{#replace:phrasal <{{#replace:repetition|}}||nested=yes}}}}>|}}||nested=yes}}}}>, accomplishing a <{{#replace:<{{#replace:relativized|}}||nested=yes}}}}> repetition|}}||nested=yes}}}}> :
Darl is our brother, our brother Darl. Our brother Darl in a cage in Jackson where, his grimed hands lying light in the quiet interstices, looking out he foams.
“Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes”
❞At the end of the last chapter, Cash expresses a <span id="<{{#replace:relativized|}}||nested=yes}}}}> repetition" style="font-style:italic; color: #505050"><{{#replace:<{{#replace:relativized|}}||nested=yes}}}}> repetition|}}||nested=yes}}}}>: “this world is not his world; this life his life:”
It was a fact. It made him look a foot taller, kind of holding his head up, hangdog and proud too, and then we see her behind him, carrying the other grip—a kind of duck-shaped woman all dressed up, with them kind of hard-looking pop eyes like she was daring ere a man to say nothing. And then I see that the grip she was carrying was one of them little graphophones. It was for a fact, all shut up as pretty as a picture, and every time a new record would come from the mail order and us setting in the house in the winter, listening to it, I would think what a shame Darl couldn’t be to enjoy it too. But it is better so for him. This world is not his world; this life his life.
❞This <span id="<{{#replace:relativized|}}||nested=yes}}}}> repetition" style="font-style:italic; color: #505050"><{{#replace:<{{#replace:relativized|}}||nested=yes}}}}> repetition|}}||nested=yes}}}}> contrasts with the final line that follows, where a <span id="familial <{{#replace:enumeration|}}||nested=yes}}}}>" style="font-style:italic; color: #505050"><{{#replace:familial <{{#replace:enumeration|}}||nested=yes}}}}>|}}||nested=yes}}}}> involves an <{{#replace:arbitrary|}}||nested=yes}}}}> <{{#replace:transformation|}}||nested=yes}}}}> (from the deceased to “duck-shaped woman”) despite the name “Mrs Bundren” <{{#replace:repeating|}}||nested=yes}}}}> with respect to Addie Bundren: