Darl's searching questions into the meaning of life strongly suggest the disturbed personality of Quentin Compson (the son in The Sound and the Fury), and in a vaguer sense, Benjy's idiocy is again reflected in Vardaman. A mother who affects the destiny of her children, levels of awareness presented through startling techniques, and characters who advocate a nihilistic philosophy are seen in both novels. Other similarities between these two novels are readily noticeable. The earlier novel is a criticism and condemnation of the so-called "aristocracy" of the South the latter, a criticism and condemnation of the backwoods hill people who, through their ignorance, deny any value to life. Among Faulkner's total body of works, As I Lay Dying stands as a companion piece to The Sound and the Fury, the novel published the year preceding the publication of As I Lay Dying.
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