I might be a little late in saying this, but Faulkner really tripped me up with his portrayal of Addie. My first instinctive thought was to hold her up to such a high standard, projecting the idea of a woman from the city leaving her beloved home to go live with the man she loves and raise kids with him. Instead, I received a woman that enjoyed reprimanding the children she taught while a teacher. And even though I don’t want to believe it, the more I think about it, we could have expected this. The fact that Addie doesn’t even look at Anse on her deathbed, the fact that Cora talks about how she didn’t even like Anse (even though we’re led to not trust Cora in general). It’s just really upsetting, and while I wish it wasn’t this way, it’s how it happened, and at least she got buried where she “wanted” to be.
I just wonder what made her like this...
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