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William Faulkner's novel The Sound and the Fury is set in 1928 in the imaginary Yoknapatawpha County in the Southern United States and features the Compson family, an old planter family in decline since the Civil War.

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William Faulkner's novel The Sound and the Fury is set in 1928 in the imaginary Yoknapatawpha County in the Southern United States and features the Compson family, an old planter family in decline since the Civil War.

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William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury.

Summary of the reading sheet.


The Sound and the Fury, a novel written by William Faulkner in 1929, is set in 1928.
to Jefferson, the capital of the imaginary county of Yoknapatawpha County, located in the South
of the United States It features the Compson family, a family of former planters who have
dominated the Southern society until the Civil War.
Summary of the reading report.
I The relations between blacks and whites II A photograph of the southern United States
Universities of the 1920s III The decline of an old great family from the south IV The
violence and omnipresent despair.
Excerpts from the reading sheet.
Like anti-Black racism, anti-Semitism is very present. Religion and the
religiosity occupies a prominent place in the lives of black people, who form a
important religious community, but also among the Whites, like for example Mrs.
Compson, who is almost a devotee, is beset by a great
superstition THE DECADENCE OF AN OLD GREAT FAMILY FROM THE SOUTH The difficulties
financial ruin of the Compson pp 438, 501 and 580 the family sold land
to send Quentin to Harvard The old decaying house p 611 The obligation of
work to survive pp The remorse and the curse pp 552 the mother carries a
cilice; 578 Quentin If I am bad it is because it was fatal The Compsons are at
edge of ruin when the children are still small, and things are getting
aggravating.
As for Jason, his anger regularly drives him to a furious madness.
family members are full of hate and resentment towards each other
others, which translates into daily and systematic violence.
About the author.
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury.
Public Level Followed Study Other School, university Khâgne.
Description of the reading sheet.
2009-05-11
Format.
reading report
Approved by the editorial board.
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury.

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