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As I Lay Dying Religion Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Section.Paragraph) Every "section" is marked by a shift in narrative point of view.
| Quote #1 Riches is nothing in the face of the Lord, for He can see into the heart. (2.5) |
Religion offers solace for the Bundrens.
| Quote #2 Now and then a fellow gets to thinking about it. Not often, though. Which is a good thing. For the Lord aimed for him to do and not to spend too much time thinking, because his brain it’s like a piece of machinery: it won’t stand a whole lot of racking. It’s best when it all runs along the same, doing the day’s work and not no one part used no more than needful. (16.22) |
Vernon uses the idea of God to give authority to his own opinions.
| Quote #3 "I can’t get nothing outen him except about a fish," she says. "It’s a judgment on them. I see the hand of the Lord upon this boy for Anse Bundren’s judgment and warning." (16.24) |
Cora does the same as her husband – uses religion to back her own beliefs.
