As I Lay Dying

AI Rating: 1/10 - William Faulkner's 1930 modernist novel (not 1915) follows the Bundren family's chaotic odyssey to bury matriarch Addie, told through fragmented stream-of-consciousness perspectives. Themes center on death, familial dysfunction, poverty, and Southern Gothic decay, with no progressive political messaging, social justice advocacy, identity politics, or diversity/inclusion priorities. Storytelling dominates via innovative narrative structure; any racial/class elements reflect era's complexities without modern "woke" framing.