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Spoiler!: I don't understand why Darl is considered mad? His Pa at the end of the novel ends up with a new wife calling her Miss Bundren and the with the money buys hisself new teeth. Darl's actions of setting the barn on fire to stop the horrible venture seemed right to be but ended in his madness, or because he was mad all along?
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Lynette Gaines
Actually, pa introduced the woman as Mrs Bundren, not Miss. Guess he wasn't grieving over his dead wife so much after all. Seems like his main goal in his final years was to get a set of false teeth. What a loathsome creature he was. I wanted to slap him so many times!
As for Darl being mad, I think they were all crazy from being raised by such uncaring parents. Darl didn't seem any stranger than the rest of them and I can see why he wanted to get rid of that stinking coffin. He just snapped at the wrong time.
As for Darl being mad, I think they were all crazy from being raised by such uncaring parents. Darl didn't seem any stranger than the rest of them and I can see why he wanted to get rid of that stinking coffin. He just snapped at the wrong time.
Jim
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Alexa
Like Cash says towards the end of the novel, it is mostly other people's perceptions that determine whether someone is mad. It is also stated that Darl is sent to Jackson because the Gillespies will sue the Bundren family if they do not do something about Darl, who they know is responsible for burning down their barn, which remember is a very serious crime in this time period & region.
白眼 の姫
well I guess it's because he was different, he tried to connect with everyone, and he knew their secrets and all the characters are antisocial in the book so for them his actions weren't right. Also he was a bit nihilsitic and not to mention that he liked looking at people in a weird way and also he doesn't even care about his mother's death. also Cash said that if someone is considered mad by people than he or she is mad. I suppose the book also shows the absurdity of Darl being mad. because his action to burn down the barn is the most normal thing during the book. so I guess even in real life the normal things are considered weird for no actual reason.
Maria
Darl had some good intentions. He was the closest to his mother, although Jewel was her favorite. At the end of the novel, we learn (from Cash) that Darl was in "the war," probably World War I. That experience may have led to his insanity.
Jessica
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