4.4.3 Test (CST): Wrap-Up: Modernism and The American Dream

Read this excerpt from Cash's point of view in As I Lay Dying:

"I made it on the bevel.
1. There is more surface for the nails to grip.
2. There is twice the gripping-surface to each seam.
3. The water will have to seep into it on a slant. Water moves easiest up and down or straight across.
4. In a house people are upright two-thirds of the time. So the seams and joints are made up-and-down. Because the stress is up-and-down."

Which best explains how Faulkner uses a Modernist technique in telling the story in this passage?

A. He shows Cash to be an unreliable narrator whose interpretation of events is biased.
B. He draws a contrast between Cash and Anse by showing Cash's knowledge of carpentry.
C. He shows a realistic view of Cash's logical thought processes by detailing his knowledge of carpentry.
D. He portrays Cash as a reliable narrator through Cash's detailed knowledge of carpentry.