https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0 Read the following excerpt from "As I Lay Dying": When I reach the top he has quit sawing. Standing in a litter of chips, he is fitting two of the boards together. Between the shadow spaces they are yellow as gold, like soft gold, bearing on their flanks in smooth undulations the marks of the adze blade: a good carpenter, Cash is. He holds the two planks on the trestle, fitted along the edges in a quarter of the finished box. He kneels and squints along the edge of them, then he lowers them and takes up the adze. A good carpenter. Addie Bundren could not want a better one, better box to lie in. It will give her confidence and comfort. I go on to the house, followed by the Chuck. Chuck. Chuck. of the adze. What is happening in this excerpt? How do the final few lines convey a sense of foreboding? en-us 2018-01-29 14:34:30 UTC 2018-01-29 18:15:23 UTC hello@padlet.com 4804056781 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769789 What is happening in the excerpt is that a character is making a coffin. Some context clues prove to me that the character is slowly dying. ]]> 2018-01-29 18:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769789 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769809 a few lines in the story convey a death is going to happen.two sentences

]]> 2018-01-29 18:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769809 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769893 In this excerpt the carpenter is building a coffin, making sure its comfortable and good for whomever goes in. Which creates a sense foreboding that someone is about to die. ]]> 2018-01-29 18:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769893 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769899 In the excerpt the carpenter is making a box/ coffin. The final few lines convey a sense of foreboding  by saying " It will give her confidence and comfort." This implies that somebody is dying. ]]> 2018-01-29 18:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769899 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769912 The final few lines convey a sense of foreboding of death. This implies a carpenter who is creating a "better box to lie in" meaning a coffin.]]> 2018-01-29 18:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769912 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769945 In this excerpt, a carpenter prepares a coffin for the late Addie Bundren. The last few lines indicate a sense of dread and death.]]> 2018-01-29 18:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769945 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769955 When the author says "better box to lie in" means that he is making a coffin. This makes the reader feel like someone is about to die.]]> 2018-01-29 18:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225769955 4804258141 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225770375 The phrase "better box to lie in" implies that this carpenter is making a coffin. This makes an atmosphere of dread and death, as someone is eagerly awaiting their own death. They could be simply old, or diseased and dying. Either way, they are in pain and wanting to finally die. ]]> 2018-01-29 18:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225770375 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225771685 The person is making a coffin and making sure it is comfortable for who ever. 
the last few lines indicate the person is slowly dying  ]]> 2018-01-29 18:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225771685 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225772081 What is happening in the excerpt is that a carpenter is making a coffin and making sure it is comfortable for someone. ]]> 2018-01-29 18:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225772081 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225772529 The passage is talking about making a coffin for someone. ]]> 2018-01-29 18:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225772529 https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225774229 making a coffin for someone]]> 2018-01-29 18:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cahschea_thompson/a4myomzauib0/wish/225774229