The Distress of the Normandie was a long novel written by Faulkner in England, which adopted multiple narrations and symbolism. The advantage of this writing style was that it allowed readers to have a profound impact on the fate of events and characters from different angles and perspectives, making the work more vivid, three-dimensional, and profound. At the same time, through multiple narrations and symbolism, Faulkner was able to create a world full of mystery and metaphor, which made his works more literary and thoughtful. For example, the novel narrated the events and characters from the perspectives of multiple characters. This multi-layered narrative made the events more complicated and vivid. At the same time, the novel used a large number of symbolic techniques such as sails, cabins, waves, sky, etc. The use of these symbolic techniques made the work more poetic and expressive. The Distress of the Normandie used multiple narrations and symbolism to make the work more vivid, three-dimensional and profound. It had literary value and depth of thought and became a classic in modern literature.