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A Book Report of As I Lay Dying Abstract: As I lay dying describes that a farmer according to the will of his dead wife command his family to send her coffin to her family cemetery in Jefferson and bury her there. It is irony epic and a fantastic comedy. Faulkner taunts the ugly side of human nature of south farmers, and affirms their weight on acting in good faith. Apart from humor, there is grave of ridicule with a serious tragedy meaning. The novel also reflects that Faulkner emphasizes his consistent experimental . The book is divided into 59 sections. Every section is a characters heart monologue, showing their personality. Key words: plot; techniques; comment; themes As I Lay Dying is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. Faulkner wrote it while working at a power plant, published in 1930, and described it as a tour-de-force. It is Faulkners fifth novel and consistently ranked among the best novels of 20th century literature. The title derives from Book XI of Homers The Odyssey, wherein Agamemnon speaks to Odysseus: As I lay dying, the woman with the dogs eyes would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades.The novel is known for its stream of consciousness writing technique, multiple narrators, and varying chapter lengths. 1．Plot Summary The book is told by 15 different narrators in 59 chapters. It is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her familys quest — noble or selfish — to honor her wish to be buried in the town of Jefferson. As is the case in much of Faulkners work, the story is set in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, which Faulkner referred to as my apocryphal county, a fictional rendering of the writers home of Lafayette County in that same state. The Bundren family lives on their farm in Yoknapatawpha County, a fictional rural county in Mississippi. They are incredibly poor, and the clan matriarch, Addie Bundren, is nearing death. Cash, the oldest son of the family, is a carpenter. As a last gift to his mother, he makes a