As I Lay Dying

Point-of-View, Theme & Mood

 

This story: "As I Lay Dying" is told in many different point of views. Sense it is told by many different persons; the overall ideology would be "First Person/Third Person Omniscient". 

 

Theme(s): 1. Whatever happens... happens! 

2. Remember the past, push in the present and plan for the future 

 

Mood: In this novel; the story seems to bring about a dark mood. The central idea throughout this story is death. Death controls the whole moral value of the story.