![]() ![]() It’s a puzzle to solve that requires you to pick out various context clues to determine what he’s talking about. However, his chapter became oddly satisfying to read. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where and when his narration is taking place. His interactions with others as an adult in the present launch him years into the past to relive related memories and with no visual indication of shifts in time. In the first chapter, for example, Benjy, the youngest Compson sibling, has no sense of time. The narration often jumps years into the past before emerging back into the present without warning or clear transitions. The characters in the novel experience time as nonlinear, even circular. ![]() It takes place over a period of only two days in the present but recounts various events from the Compson family’s past. It spends a lot of time unpacking the relationships between Caddy Compson and her siblings along with the clashing values between the Compson children and their parents. As you might know, from a literal standpoint, The Sound and the Fury is a tale about the demise of the Compson family. ![]()
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