Who is the Hero in As I Lay Dying
The role of the Hero in As I Lay Dying is difficult to identify, and as such the framework of the Hero's Journey is hard to decipher within As I Lay Dying. Because of Faulkner's emphasis on mobile perspective, stream-of-consciousness interior monologue, fragmentation, and nonlinear plotting, the narrative jumbles the chronology of events and distorts/omits developments in the story. While the story at times uses the character of Darl as an omniscient narrator, it can be challenging to determine what is being told from his perspective and what is being relayed as fact. Because of this, it is difficult to determine what is fact and what is Darl's own opinion. Despite this, I believe that, through the little unbiased information we are given, we can make an argument that the hero is one of Darl, Addie, or Anse. The first and strongest argument for the Hero in As I Lay Dying is Darl. Darl is both an important member of the Bundren family as well as the narrator of the story. D...