the most favorite of Addie. As Wadlington states, "He is very much his mother's son in expressing his feelings through physical action rather than through words by building a coffin for the mother he loves" (Wadlington 41). Jewel, Addie's second favorite next to Cash, seems to be cursed by his callous mother. Jewel can only express himself through physical actions by being cruel. Yelling and screaming is the only way Jewel shows his love for his mother, but Jewel's ferocity begins to wear him down physically. Saving his mother's coffin from going downstream and rescuing the coffin from the burning barn were some ways Jewel showed his love, although those actions are quite extreme because Jewel could have been killed. Addie's revenge could have killed Jewel, but luckily it did not happen. Addie's revenge also affects her little son Vardaman. Teaching of the world is usually the mother's job in the family especially on Addie's case since Anse is a lazy bum. As "for Vardaman, his "unknowingness" comes from his mother's death compounded by his family's failure to communicate reassurance and explanation to him" (Wadlington 56). Addie did not teach him what was in the world and manners; so as a result, when his mother dies, Vardaman confused his mother's death with a dead fish he caught that day. Vardaman's m
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