In the novel "As I Lay Dying", William Faulkner describes the importance of family and how we can overcome any struggle we may face . Faulkner uses the themes of family and love to show how individuals can overcome their differences as long as they stay together and love each other. Faulkner also shows us how close, loyal, and respectful the Bundren family and friends are to each other, regardless of their grudges or differences. The novel uses many different angles of representation and many different narrators. These narrators constantly interact with each other to give the audience insight into what is happening and each character's inner thoughts and feelings. Without the use of changing narrators, this novel would not be considered one of the greatest novels written in its time. The main character, Adie, isn't exactly someone we'd associate happiness with. Adie is also not one of the most likeable characters in the book. She acts with severe hostility towards her students as a teacher. She whips her students until they start to bleed. She says it helps her to be a part of the kids' lives, because she hates her own. We also see that she does not love Anse, her husband, and feels no particular attachment to him or his family. Faulkner shows us how loyal Adie is to Anse by bearing him three children after she had a child, Jewell, with Whitfield during their marriage. By giving Anse three children, Adie shows remorse for what she did to her husband. The way Adie redeems herself isn't exactly what most in society would call "normal" behavior. Anse has a shy and anxious personality as he considers himself the unluckiest man who ever lived. He is also a self-proclaimed hopeless man. Anse is greedy, selfish, a... middle of paper ... and the common tragedies that had to be tolerated by people like the Bundrens. The novel is an accurate portrait of its times and economic class. Faulkner tells us a story that shows readers how the family must stay together and overcome the many obstacles they face throughout their lives. These difficult times that a family may face are depicted in the story as the journey to Jefferson. Each of the characters has their own personal drive to get to Jefferson, but they come together to deliver their mother's body, no matter what happens on the way. Just as each of the children and their father have their own desires to reach Jefferson, they each have their own views. These different points of view give us a unique insight into everything that happens in the story. Without this narrative innovation, readers would be oblivious to all these personal desires..