The sound and the fury
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"The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner is a novel that depicts the decline of the Compson family of Jefferson, Mississippi, through the perspectives of multiple narrators. The narrative employs stream of consciousness to convey the inner thoughts and experiences of each character, including Quentin, Benjamin, Jason, their sister Caddy, and the family’s Black servant, Dilsey. The story spans different time periods in the early twentieth century and addresses themes of family decay, loss, honour, and disability. The novel's fragmented structure reflects the disintegration of the family unit and emphasizes the subjective perception of reality by its narrators.
Published in 1929, this work is a significant example of modernist American literature. It challenges conventional storytelling techniques by integrating multiple viewpoints and non-linear timelines, illustrating the complexities of memory and identity within a Southern family experiencing social and personal upheaval. The novel remains influential for its experimental narrative style and profound thematic exploration.
Published in 1929, this work is a significant example of modernist American literature. It challenges conventional storytelling techniques by integrating multiple viewpoints and non-linear timelines, illustrating the complexities of memory and identity within a Southern family experiencing social and personal upheaval. The novel remains influential for its experimental narrative style and profound thematic exploration.
From the opening pages
Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting. They were coming toward where the flag was and I went along the fence. Luster was hunting in the grass by the flower tree. They took the flag out, and they were hitting. Then they put the flag back and they went to the table, and he hit and the other hit. Then they went on, and I went along the fence. Luster came away from the flower tree and we went along the fence and they stopped and we stopped and I looked through the fence while Luster was hunting in the grass. “Here, caddie.” He hit. They went away across the pasture. I held to the fence and watched them going away. “Listen at you, now.” Luster said. “Aint you something, thirty-three years old, going on that way. After I done went all the way to town to buy you that cake. Hush up that moaning. Aint you going to help me find that quarter so I can go to the show tonight.” They were hitting little, across the pasture. I went back along the fence to where the flag was. It flapped on the bright grass and the trees. “Come on.” Luster said. “We done looked there. They aint no more coming right now. Lets go down to the branch and find that quarter before them niggers finds it.” It was red, flapping on the pasture. Then there was a bird slanting and tilting on it. Luster threw. The flag flapped on the bright grass and the trees. I held to the fence. “Shut up that moaning,” Luster said. “I cant make them come if they aint coming, can I. If you dont hush up, mammy aint going to have no birthday for you. If you dont hush, you know what I going to do. I going to eat that cake all up. Eat them candles, too. Eat all them thirty-three candles. Come on, let’s go down to the branch. I got to find my quarter. Maybe we can find one of they balls. Here. Here they is. Way over yonder. See.” He came to the fence and pointed his arm. “See them. They aint coming back here no more. Come on.” We went along the fence and came to the garden fence, where our shadows were. My shadow was higher than Luster’s on…
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