Sunday, April 13, 2014
The Sound and The Fury has come to an end and with it came the overall conclusion of 4 distinct narrations. When analyzes individually, the four voices portrayed pattern as the book went on. To begin, Benjy's chapter created a connection where I felt compassion and sympathy for Benjy, even though he was the most difficult to understand. Quentin's chapter immediately followed Benjy's. Quentin was a character that I also found myself sympathizing with, but slightly less than Benjy. Similarly, Quentin's chapter was slightly easier to comprehend. Jason's chapter came next and it was easily understood, which I this highly relates to the fact that he was the most distasteful character. Finally, the last chapter was in third person which created more of an overall and un-bias view of the characters. Faukner most likely ended in such a way to show the different views and judgments thar we create on society. If Quentin, Benjy, and Jason lined up, from what we have grown up learning, we would most likely be most attracted to Jason, Quentin, then Benjy. Because of the way the book was written, I think the overall meaning lays not within the story itself, but within the readers individual interpretation of the charaters.
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Good job Elizabeth, I agree with you that Faulkner have different characters judge one thing they have in mind. While reading your blog, you didn't mention anything about the Dilsey chapter, but summarizes the four chapter instead. So if could write this blog again, what are your views about Dilsey because you discuss only the three chapters not the last one.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth, I enjoyed your conclusion about the significance of the different characters in Faulkner's story. I also had a similar interpretation about the four different stories in being the focus of Faulkner's message rather than the story itself. I also liked how you discussed each character and made the book come full circle.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you looked back and reflected on each separate piece of the book, then joined them all together in your conclusion. I wish you would have gone more in depth with your analysis of Dilsey's chapter!
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