90 pages • 3 hours read
William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Chapters 21-40
Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 21 Summary: Darl
Darl and Jewel arrive home. Darl tells Jewel that it is not his horse that is dead, implying that Addie has died instead.
Chapter 22 Summary: Cash
Cash complains that his coffin will not balance. One of his brothers, likely Jewel, commands him to lift it anyway.
Chapter 23 Summary: Darl
Darl is carrying the coffin with Cash and Jewel. Jewel’s fury and vigor leads him to carry the coffin singlehandedly, and to put it in the wagon bed.
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