The Wagon Boys
As many people in class have said, Anse is in no way a suitable hero for what we think of as the hero's journey. He acts all high and mighty with his religious speech, but when it comes down to it, he's kinda just a cheapskate who takes money from his children and doesn't want to buy a shovel to bury his wife with and instead just looks for the nearest person to lend one to him. We tend to sympathize more with Anse's children (plus Jewel). I believe the person most cut out for the hero role would be Cash. Cash is dependable, smart (at least probably the most educated of the Bundrens, since he actually practices a craft). He is tough and doesn't try to make trouble with the others. He's also the oldest, making him more of a leader. I have always thought that if Cash spoke up more often, this adventure would not have turned into the disaster that it did. Obviously Darl and Jewel wouldn't be the main heroes of the story. I could possibly see Jewel as the br