This does begin to clear in the latter stages of the book, though a lot of The Sound and the Fury can feel like a slog, so it’s no surprise that my interest had begun to dwindle. Who’s Male or Female (There are two Quentins in this story the eldest son and Miss Quentin – Caddy’s daughter). Race is another major theme throughout and determining who’s black and who’s white is also problematic, at least in the opening narratives.

It’s this narration that makes it tough to determine one character from another. This means his narration is crammed together, jumping back and forth between past and present day, offering little punctuation in between. The first chapter (or episode may be more fitting) is told from the perspective of Benjy, who for all intents and purposes, is ‘ simple’. The Sound and the Fury Analysisīy the time I opened The Sound and the Fury I’d a basic understanding of what to expect but that didn’t help. It’s worth noting that this is my first time reading a William Faulkner book so I’d no real indication of what to expect from his writing.

Add to this the fact that the narrators themselves are all skewed towards their own personal wellbeing, making them untrustworthy, this book quickly becomes muddled. Because the structure is so intertwined the book is difficult to review, but I’ll give it my best. Each of which, with a different viewpoint and therefore a different opinion on what’s happening. The book consists of four parts, each relating to similar events told throughout. It was at this point that Faulkner began to receive critic’s attention. Written by renowned American author, William Faulkner and published in 1929, The Sound and the Fury is Faulkner’s fourth book and didn’t become popular until 1931, when it coincided with the release of his sixth publication, Sanctuary.

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