Monday, April 3, 2017
At the very end of the novel, I was surprised there were no cliffhangers, as those are often typical in novels such as this. I was left kind of disappointed, saddened, and somewhat exhausted because the book as a whole lacked altruism. The entirety of the book suggested there was no change to come, there is no tomorrow, as if we should all adhere to the status quo. This sickened me, because my life is mostly based around changed, and I look forward to changing myself and the world around me. I like to help those around me, I enjoy supporting those in trouble, and lifting the spirits of those who are down, but none of this happened in the novel. I felt sick, like Benjy, at the end of the novel because I felt myself was stuck in the old South, incapable of change, support, love, compassion, or optimism.
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i like the fact that their or no plot twist or big reveals in the book. you already know what will happen to each character based on the title of the chapter. Time is so unimportant in the book because it is not about the events on a time line, the order doesn't matter. To me its the big picture, the accumulative message from the entire book that matter and does not depend on time.
ReplyDeleteThough it seems that Faulkner does leave the reader to believe that the Comspons will permanently be stuck in their old ways, he leaves Dilsey there with the purpose to inspire hope. Though she is a black servant in the old South, she still has the capability to redeem the family name somewhat because of her upstanding personality.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree that the book suggested that there is no change. I think that by having the Compsons remain the same, and not change towards the "New South", Faulkner isn't saying that there is no change to come and the we all should adhere to the status quo. Instead, I think that he uses the Compsons, and their decline because of their unwillingness to change to demonstrate that change is necessary for growth and success.
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