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Which character says “My mother is a fish” in As I Lay Dying?
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William Faulkner
American novelist William Faulkner.
In the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, the character who says "My mother is a fish" is Vardaman Bundren.1
This brief, enigmatic chapter reflects the stream-of-consciousness technique used throughout the book to convey the internal perspective of the Bundren family members as they grapple with the death of their matriarch, Addie.1