As I Lay Dying, 177 (Event)

Road from Armstid's to Mottson in As I Lay Dying (Location)

This location represents the place between Armstid's farm and Mottson where Cash's leg is bothering him so much that even Anse concedes they will need to get some medicine when they reach the town. Like so much of the landscape in the novel, there is no way to say for sure where to plot this road on the map.

Frenchman's Bend Church in As I Lay Dying (Location)

Whitfield's section of the narrative begins with his account of the night he spent "wrestling with Satan" (177). The only clue we have to the earthly location of this struggle is that it lies on the far side of the river from the Bundrens' house. Our decision to set it in the church where he is the preacher in the short story "Shingles for the Lord" is speculative.

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