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Addie Bundren, the mother of the Bundren family dies at the beginning of the novel, sparking
the journey to Jefferson. She wishes to be buried with her family in the city and therefore causes the week and a half journey
to Jefferson. She is an unhappy woman during her life, who believes that living her life is repentance enough for her sins.
She bears four children from Anse (Cash, Darl, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman), and one from her secret affair with Whitfield (Jewel).
Her corpse is carried throughout the counties, surviving fires, floods, and rotting, until she is laid to rest in Jefferson.
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