<P> As the book opens , Addie is alive , though in ill health . Addie and others expect her to die soon , and she sits at a window watching as her firstborn , Cash , builds her coffin . Anse , Addie 's husband , waits on the porch , while their daughter , Dewey Dell , fans her mother in the July heat . The night after Addie dies a heavy rainstorm sets in ; rivers rise and wash out bridges the family will need to cross to get to Jefferson . </P>
<P> As the book opens , Addie is alive , though in ill health . Addie and others expect her to die soon , and she sits at a window watching as her firstborn , Cash , builds her coffin . Anse , Addie 's husband , waits on the porch , while their daughter , Dewey Dell , fans her mother in the July heat . The night after Addie dies a heavy rainstorm sets in ; rivers rise and wash out bridges the family will need to cross to get to Jefferson . </P>
what is cash building in as ilay dying
what is cash building in as ilay dying
coffin
coffin