As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner, is a novel not only unique in structure but in context. The reader is given a chance to read the thoughts of a variety of characters with diverse personalities as a result of the distinctive structure based on fragments of interior monologues. A very distinctive character found in this novel is Vardaman, mainly because he represents the innocence that the other characters lack. This boy is the youngest …showed first 75 words of 1021 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1021 total…to another, searching for a way to keep her alive even though dead, and accusing someone else for her death. Vardaman’s way to search for an answer to her death were a result from his main characteristics: a combination of innocence and naïve. These characteristics, combined with his logical reactions, constitute a unique character in the novel As I Lay Dying, giving it a touch of ingenuousness to a sarcastic and dark piece.