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Which aspect of Anse's narration from As I Lay Dying most clearly makes him an unreliable narrator?

AHis ideas about why Addie is dying
BHis insistence that the road brings bad luck
CHis belief that his son Cash is a carpenter
DHis failure to complete sixth grade

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BHis insistence that the road brings bad luck. This can be seen in the 9th chapter, where Anse's narration discusses his bad luck of living by a road and his refusal to move elsewhere. He states that he will not move because only things are made sideways like wagons, can travel whereas humans are built upright like trees and must remain in the same place. However, he blames the road for Cash's idea to follow the life of a carpenter and inspiring Darl to move off the farm. This makes Anse an unreliable narrator because he falsely puts blame on a road that causes his bad luck, where it creates a sense of hope for other characters.

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