As I Lay Dying
Submitted by momtolevi on November 21, 2008
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Symbols in “As I lay Dying”
What is the purpose of reading a book? Is it to entertain? Or is it more than that? The relevance of a book is often defined by it pliability to one’s life. Most skilled authors wish for their books to provoke thought or give minor lessons throughout the plot. If you are unable to use information or your imagination isn’t provoked by what you are reading, why waste your time? Without some type of application to the reader a book just becomes words on a page. One technique authors use to provide a deeper meaning is the use of symbols. Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. An example would be connotative meaning related to something. One example of a book with elaborate symbolic meaning is, As I lay Dying, by William Faulkner. William Faulkner isn’t an ordinary...