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    “That Evening Sun” by William Faulkner is a good example of a great emotional turmoil transferred directly to the readers through the words of a narrator who does not seem to grasp the severity of the turmoil. It is a story of an African American laundress who lives in the fear of her common-law husband Jesus who suspects her of carrying a white man's child in her womb and seems hell bent on killing her. Many critics refer to "That Evening Sun" as one of the finest examples of narrative point of

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    In “That Evening Sun,” William Faulkner uses only thousands of words to recreate the old, cruel doctrine of racial discrimination in the South America. The whole story is told by a young boy, and it analyses the miserable life of a poor black woman, Nancy, from a naïve child’s perspective. The words in the story are simple but straightforward. Faulkner makes this story strange but unique by leaving no special relationship between the young narrator and the black woman, so the narrator is pushing

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    Critical Analysis of That Evening Sun In That Evening Sun, William Faulkner approaches the story through an anecdotal style that gives meaning to the story. The narrator uses the anecdote that happened to him to convey the story’s underlying meaning that people are restricted by social class and race, not realizing this meaning himself at the time. The era of racism pertains to the meaning of the story, discussing the aversion of southern white people to help those different from them, focusing

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    period was occuring. although the characters illustrate the view point of peole and how thier react with other people outside their race. provide that, peprsonification show the use of language and how its spoken in the south. in the story "that evening sun", william faulkner uses characterization, personification, and gave a stteing to give that southern effect of how he sawe the people back then. The setting of the story gives the readers vivid details when and where the story might have taken place

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    In Faulkner’s short story That Evening Sun, he adds ambiguity to the story in multiple different scenarios, the name he chooses, Jesus, is an example. Jesus is described as “a short black man, with a razor scar down his face.” Although is not clear either to the reader or to the children if Nancy is afraid of her husband or of Jesus, she is mortally afraid that the act of prostitution she has committed will be punished in some way. This may either be physically by her husband, or morally by her god

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    That Evening Sun Analysis

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    Faulkner calls out racial prejudice and social circumstances with his story, That Evening Sun. The story follows an African American woman, Nancy, who is employed by a white family. The father is a very influential character in the story. Nancy washes the family’s laundry and cooks for them while their main chef is sick. Nancy is pregnant which causes her partner, Jesus, to get very angry and vow revenge against the man who raped her. He leaves town and Nancy lives in fear of Jesus coming back to

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    William Faulkner is often considered to be the greatest writer in the America history. His fame rests largely on his novels, especially for his closely examination of the southern culture. "That evening sun" is a good example of it. The story opens as a reminiscence of Jefferson. Quentin Compson, one of Faulkner's most memorable characters, narrates the story. Then, the time is approximately the turn of the century. The main character Nancy, a black washerwoman who takes in laundry from white

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    After reading the short story “That Evening Sun” by William Faulkner, I was mainly struck by the theme of inequality in the text. This was common throughout the story and was interesting because it showed how racist white people were and the level of racism there was in the past during the 20th century in America. The author William Faulkner explores racial inequality using the two African Americans Jesus and the maid Nancy. Jesus when having a conversation with Nancy in Mr Compson’s (a white man)

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    In the book, The Evening Sun, Meecham is the main character who struggles to find balance between his past and his frustrating present. He finds himself in a nursery home for the elderly, however Meecham refuses to live the rest of his life in this condition of loneliness. Nothing is his life is the same, from losing his home to his dearly beloved, Meecham fights for his home that Lonzo Choats bought from his son. The Evening Sun portrays descriptive irony, dramatic foreshadowing, and antagonistic

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    Emily,” and “That Evening Sun,” are short stories, which both seem to represent a similar theme in each of these literary pieces. Faulkner’s use of symbolism and his elements of a southern gothic writing style show up in both of these short stories and his many other literary works, poems, and novels he has published over the years. This writing style helps convey the main points that Faulkner has hidden throughout his short stories like in, “A Rose for Emily,” and “That Evening Sun,”, causing the

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