While reading As I Lay Dying, Darl seems to be a very confusing character. Although he seems very smart. He typically goes into deep thought right before he's going to bed and is very good with words. I think the death of his mother has brought out his strangeness. Darl seems the "sweetest" towards his mother from what Cora has said about him. But as I was reading, I'm finding that Jewel is actually the one that loves his mother. He is very protective over her casket as well as Cash. Darl knows things without people telling him; it's almost like he is clairvoyant.
His interaction with his brothers comes off as condescending. When Darl is laughing when he is in the wagon, I thought it was a little spooky that he would laugh. It's almost creepy and crazy like. From reading we know he knows secrets that his mother was hiding and I'm interested to know how he knew just by watching her cry. Same with Dewey Dell--he knew just from looking at her what she had done and that she was pregnant.
I feel like Darl doesn't know how to properly express his feelings about his mothers death. When she dies he calls her by her name; I felt like he was having an out of body experience. So maybe he really is different and isn't like the rest of his brothers.
With everything that has happened so far, I have a bad feeling about Darl. He might be a looney just waiting to snap.
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