Read the following excerpt from As I Lay Dying. The cottonhouse is of rough logs, from between which the
chinking has long fallen. Square, with a broken roof set at a
single pitch, it leans in empty and simmering dilapidation in the
sunlight, a single broad window in two opposite walls giving onto
the approaches of the path.
What is most likely the purpose of the symbolism used in this passage?
A. To represent the characters' disinterest in material wealth
B. To suggest the disintegration of the Bundren family
C. To signify the need for skilled workers in the American South
D. To describe the unfairness of the conditions of the poor