This is because he is the father of all of the Bundren children except for Jewel.
First of all, it is As I Lay Dying, not As You Lay Dying.Secondly, the father is Anse Bundren, toothless idiot extraordinaire.
Yes, he did. This is the whole irony of the entire book. After everything that the family went through--Darl being sent to a mental institution, Jewel selling his horse, Cash breaking his leg, Dewey Dell giving up her money for abortion, the mules dying--Anse Bundren doesn't have the respect to his wife to even give her a few days after the burial to wait to get married. This really emphasizes the extent of Anse's selfishness and his lack of care for the sacrifices that his children went through to bury their mother.
In "As I Lay Dying," Anse Bundren expresses a desire to get his teeth fixed someday. This aspiration symbolizes his longing for a better life and his neglect of family responsibilities in pursuit of personal desires. His fixation on this goal highlights his selfishness and adds to the novel's themes of identity and existential struggle.
Darl Bundren is the character in As I Lay Dying who uses the most slang. His linguistic style is marked by colloquialisms, dialect, and regional expressions, which adds a distinctive voice to his narrative sections in the novel.
The road that they live on
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Judging by the fact that Anse got remarried to some random lady right after he buried Addie, it's clear that he didn't love her at all.
No, Dewey Dell does not tell Anse. But Darl knows that she is pregnant/ lost her virginity, even though Dewey Dell doesn't tell him.
The cast of As I Lay Dying - 2013 includes: Coby Batty as Gillespie Tim Blake Nelson as Anse Kenny Cook as Grummet Casey Dillard as Young Addie James Franco as Darl Bundren Beth Grant as Addie Bundren Scott Haze as Skeet McGowan Jesse Heiman as Jody Vince Jolivette as Young Whitfield Anna Kooris as Eula Tull Jennifer Kristen Howell as Cora Tull Brian Lally as Dr. Peabody Jessica Lemon Wilkinson as Mrs. Armstid Susan McMillin as Mrs. Samson Natalie Minton as Kate Tull Steve Nabors as Reverend Whitfield Jim Parrack as Cash Dunlap Peeples IV as Mac Gillespie Brady Permenter as Vardaman Bundren Billy Ray Reynolds as The Motsson Marshal Cameron Spann as Lafe John Still as Samson Ash Taylor as Armstid Marcus Vowell as White Man on the Road Emma Wynters as Mrs. Bundren
Anse is most preoccupied with his desire to get a new set of false teeth throughout "As I Lay Dying." This fixation symbolizes his superficial nature and selfishness. His relentless pursuit of the new teeth contrasts starkly with the tragic events befalling his family.