There are many different types of books written and published today. It's an interesting form of entertainment that still holds up alongside modern adaptations, like television or games. Books have a more open door to visualization and interoperability. People may read things differently depending on their experiences. It's up to the author to still leave that space for interaction while keeping the characters and plot of the book on track. By looking at a book from the point of view of a main character, people may want to relate to that character. This way they can feel and experience the change the character brings. When you incorporate multiple characters it's much more difficult. The writer will want all the characters to stand on their own as individuals. Faulkner had a distinct point of view for each character introduced in this book. Reading it at first it is structured in a way that is foreign to most books. There are books that can be read from the point of view of multiple characters, but to the extent that how many characters actually get into their heads, Faulkner came out on top. Starting the book is the most painful (almost as painful as a head-on collision with a semi-truck on the highway.) However, once the characters become more apparent and some kind of plot is revealed, things get more interesting. It doesn't take long to get into the book and learn something interesting about the characters. They all have something in common and it's a brilliant way to bring them all together. Addie is the mother of the Bundren family and Anse's wife. He is on his deathbed and all the characters revolve around this, each reacting differently. Darl is the most level-headed one about the situation (at first), Jewel is more of a horse, Dewey is pretty devastated, Anus is pretty callous, and so on. Each of these characters has a self-contained personality and feels real. Each of them reacts differently to the situation. What makes it interesting is that there are perspectives that the reader will and will not agree with. After Addie's death, the characters become even more complex, and their real concerns and needs become apparent after the fact. Faulkner was able to stem this tree of complexity sown with Addie's death. Addie also develops further as roots to the base before and after her death. It's quite admirable to have a character's corpse develop as the story continues.