I Lay Dying By William Faulkner And Metamorphosis By Franz...

Dear Mrs. Paul, Mrs. Quiroz, and Ms. Moore, Out of the novels given to choose from, I chose As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner and Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. I will be writing about As I Lay Dying. My very first reaction of this book was that it would be your typical book about a southern family. While this is true, it is also a book of confusion and surprises. Each chapter was told from the viewpoint of a different family member or neighbor, each person talking and seeing things differently. This made the novel sometimes hard to understand or confusing. If you add the fact that they are southern and talk with an accent, you have what is basically just a lot of letters that are supposed to make sense when put together. While it was difficult to understand, there was still a great plot. The entire storyline is how the family travels to Jefferson where Addie Bundren, the mother, wished to be buried. What was confusing to me was the family’s reactions to her death. Along the way, no one is really sad; they’re just completely focused on getting her there because that s what they promised her. I expected another boring story about a family with problems. What I receive d was a well written story that confused and surprised me in the best way. When I saw the list of novels I was given to read, my eyes immediately were drawn to As I Lay Dying. The main reason I chose this book was because it caught my eye. The title was intriguing to me and I have also heard good things