William Faulkner broke his mold with As I Lay Dying in the sense that the writing style of
the novel is glaringly divergent from his previous approach where he only utilized lengthy and complex paragraphs. This work
of fiction, however, is told from the point of views of 15 different narrators in 59 different sections using the technique
of “stream of consciousness”. With this method, Faulkner gave readers a chance to see into the minds of his narrators
and decide for themselves as to which characters were mentally stable or unstable. Thus the overall style of the novel varied
depending on who was speaking, each having their own distinctive voice. This technique often results in the same event being
told from multiple perspectives and it is up to the reader to take part in the story in order to understand it.
