Absalom

Jay Gatsby and Quentin Compson come from noticeably different families, but they are similar in more ways than expected. Their similarities are worth examining, despite the few differences between the two, such as their personalities and upbringings. Gatsby and Quentin both have obsessions with the past, the women that they love, as well as a desire to solely possess these women. By considering these characters from Sound and the Fury and The Great Gatsby together, important life lessons can be learned

A disclaimer to start an essay isn’t too formal, neither is my writing. After several hours of listening and trying to decipher William Faulkner’s work “The Sound and the Fury”, one experiences an epiphany that he cannot read. The determined also known as the student has to continue on the quest to fulfill his high school education though. Caddy Compson, the most important character in The Sound and the Fury, is rather rare in that both in writing and in the book. It’s rather abnormal for a writer

The Postbellum Southern Disillusionment in “Wash” According to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, exercising and expanding one’s personal power is “all that one wants” (Nietzsche 36). He argues that “we hurt those to whom we need to make our power perceptible, [and] we benefit and show benevolence toward those who already depend on us in some way” (36). Per this logic, individuals who exhibit generosity feel content with their current influence on the world while those who act injuriously

When one talks about their family, they can be describing any number of things: a biological family, a close-knit friend group, or even a romantic relationship that feels homely. No matter the definition, a family is typically a group of people with genuine love, care, and respect for one another, in the hopes of never harming another family member. However, in literature, it is not uncommon to have a variation from that standard definition. In The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, characters

Even though Caddy Compson, in The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, is the most important character who all the events in the novel is surrounded around her. Caddy in the novel has no voice, her character is shaped by her three brothers point of view throughout their stream of consciousness. Throughout the novel, Caddy plays many roles; the daughter, the sister, the mother starting from her early childhood until her adulthood and she faces many challenges. This paper will discuss Caddy’s personality

Benjy is the first narrator out of four in William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury. He is unable to speak, so his story is told through his thoughts and memories. Despite Benjy’s mental limitations he is the most illuminating and most important narrator in the novel, as Faulkner intended. His memories reveal more in the story than any other narrator because he is able to remember without concealing information. Faulkner uses Benjy’s narration to build a foundation and pretense for the novel, creating

Candace Compson or Caddy is the most interesting character in the novel. She appears to be center of attention of her brothers. She may appear to be a feminist element in the novel, however the author`s treatment of character may suggest otherwise. She is shown to be rebellious and quite misbehaving character in the novel. She defies her family tradition in any way and tries to move away from it, this however has some serious consequence for her. She ends up losing her family`s trust, gets a divorce

She Endured The characters in The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner, are psychologically complex, haunted, prone to spells of vanity and desires, and ultimately tragic. Always one to play the role of the noble Southern gentleman, Quentin Compson III is passionate and neurotic, consumed with the ideal Southern values of chivalry and honor. Quentin is tormented by his father’s nihilistic philosophy and degradation of women and African Americans, as Jason Compson III provides no moral

A virgin woman is the best woman, women need the protection of men, women are the caregivers of the family, and the list goes on. These are some of the basic conceptions of femininity. In the novel, The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner, he affirms many of these conceptions with the use of characters, Dilsey, Caddy and Caddy’s brother Jason. Caddy is a sister whose actions haunt the brother’s even after she left them, Dilsey is a black helper/babysitter of the house, and Jason is the brother

Dilsey Gibson, a black woman, serves as a mother figure for the children and a caretaker for the rest of the family. Dilsey feels as though she really is a part of the family. However, Mrs. Compson and a grown up Jason disagree and feel that she is easily replaceable. It goes against community and identity in the South to have a black woman step out of place, and Jason feels that she does step out of place quite often. Dilsey is shown as a stabilizer when she defends Miss Quentin. Faulkner writes