Pages 97-99 Darl
Quote: pg. 98-99.... "It seems to me that the end which I now carry alone has no weight, as though it coasts like a rushing straw upon the furious tide of Jewel's despair."
In this quote Faulkner uses a simile comparing the boys frustration moving the coffin to a wave in the ocean. I thought this was a very appropriate comparison because a wave is a very out of control and powerful force and when you are dealing with something so tragic as losing your mother, the only emotions you really can feel is like a wave is crashing down on you and everything is becoming a big mess. By using such an intense comparision allows the reader to see that though the characters aren't very good at showing direct emotion, they are all really feeling the pain of their mother's death.
I chose this picture of a wave because I think it is a very scary looking image that seems as if it could cause mass destruction the same way the death of Addie has destroyed the family which relates to the metaphor in the quote.
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