Now look at this line from Cora’s point of view: "Someone comes through the hall. How do you register that information? First you notice that someone is walking over. Then your mother walks over and tells you that it’s time for dinner. This all sounds pretty crazy, so how about an example? Let’s say you’re sitting at your computer reading our very cool discussion of Style in Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. As readers, we are really placed inside the various characters' heads.
Faulkner has very skillfully imitated the way the human brain processes images and puts them into words. In case you were wondering, yes, there is a point to all this. To see the best example of this in As I Lay Dying, read section Thirty-Five, narrated by Vardaman.
If someone asked you to sit down with a piece of paper and write everything you thought out, without worrying about grammar or form, what you would write would be a stream of consciousness. You’re probably familiar with the literary term "stream of consciousness." If you’re not, relax, because it only means what it sounds like: a loosely-formatted babble of thoughts. Stream of Consciousness, stylistically varied from narrator to narrator
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