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A very distinctive character found in this novel is Vardaman, mainly because he represents the innocence that the other characters lack. He is the youngest of the four children of Anse and Addie Bundren, and he is quite innocent and naïve. These main characteristics make Vardaman react much differently to Addie’s death, giving way for him to be trapped in denial and to state different ways to keep his mother alive. Vardaman proves to be innocent yet logical due to the association he does of his mother with a fish which was his way to keep his mother alive. Even though she is already found dead, he logically blames Peabody for Addie’s death. The combination of innocence with lack of acceptance leads him to search for explanations, and the only one he finds is that his mother has transformed into a fish. He relates his mother