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    Addie Bundren in William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying Woman is the source and sustainer of virtue and also a prime source of evil. She can be either; because she is, as man is not, always a little beyond good and evil. With her powerful natural drive and her instinct for the concrete and personal, she does not need to agonize over her decisions. There is no code for her to master, no initiation for her to undergo. For this reason she has access to a wisdom which is veiled

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    The Reactions to the Death of Addie Bundren through William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. The author of As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner, really contributes to the aspects of literature through his ability to tell a seemingly incredible story through only the “stream-of-consciousness” technique. Faulkner takes his insight beyond the piece, through other’s views and thoughts. Although the characters might be acting differently upon each subject or handling each action in opposite ways, the tone and

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    In chapter two, Chad’s fact searching is supported by Iacocca & Whitney (2007), “Leaders don’t just take things at face value. They ask hard questions.” Chad also exercises a rephrasing technique listed in chapter two and supported by Guilmartin, (2010) with “You build trust by revealing how you filtered that person’s communication and by giving him a chance to confirm or clarify what you interpreted.” The second question is listed in two parts for objective two, “Describe a time where you had

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    Running head: Assignment 1 Strategic Planning, Learning Theory, and Training Needs Analysis Assignment 1: Strategic Planning, Learning Theory, and Training Needs Analysis KorVina Hunter Professor Robert High BUS 407 December 9, 2011 The analysis phase defines what needs to be trained. Next, an instructional design is crafted to meet this need. Only after the design is complete are the instructional materials developed. During development

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    Research Portion What is Instructional design? According to Dick, Carey & Carey (2009), instructional design is a systematic process of designing, developing, and delivering instructional materials. What is the Addie Model? The ADDIE Model is the instructional system development model which consists of five (5) phases which are the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation (Dick, Carey & Carey, 2009). The analysis phase has different parts that clarify instructional problems

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    through 1920’s Mississippi to bury their recently deceased mother Addie Bundren. Before, Addie Bundren passes away she makes her husband Anse promise to bury her in her hometown of Jefferson, Mississippi. This is a large task as the Burden family is located in Yoknapatawhpha County, Mississippi and they must make the rough journey to give their mother her final wish. The Burden family is comprised of Addie Bundren and her husband Anse Bundren as well as their children Darl, Jewel, Cash, Vardaman, Dewey

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    Major- Addie Bundren, wife of Anse, and is the mother of Darl, Jewel, Cash, Vardaman, and Dewey Dell. Addie is dying at the begging of the novel, and her death causes the families troubles through the rest of the novel while transporting her coffin to her home town named Jefferson. Harsh - While Addie is dying she does not show much love towards the children, and disliked most of them during her life. In a monologue of Cora, who most of memories of Addie as spoken through, she states how Addie never

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    within a rural setting. Faulkner writes of a scenario in which Addie Bundren never stops working throughout her entire life and then one day she seems to grow tired and chooses to rest for the first time in her life. The Bundren children all have a large amount of varying reactions towards Addie’s death and life before her death. Cash Bundren works to complete the coffin before his mother’s death, and after her death, a Vardaman Bundren does not agree with his mother being in the coffin which leads

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    connect the Bundren family to mythological, Biblical, and classical allusions. Faulkner’s use of various types of allusions emphasizes the characters’ behavior and relationship to each other. One way Faulkner draws a connection to outside resources is through Greek mythology. He uses mythology to relate Addie Bundren to Medusa, the mythological monster. The reader is able to see Addie as alive when she is dead and dead when she is alive. In chapter 38 the reader can see that Addie did not have

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    demonstrates Addie Bundren's affect on her family members even after her death, particularly with negative undertones. The author claims that most important character is Addie. I agree with this as the main conflict revolves around her. Anse Bundren exemplifies these negative effects of her death. He leads the events of the novel, as he is the patriarch of the family. The values expressed throughout the novel and the article are similar in the sense that they both feel that Addie Bundren is at fault

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