Kloverfield Log: February 23, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 360-401
addition
p.s.
I would like to add a few things or really just sum up what I just said because that was awfully long and a little wanderer. Basically, the book had a disappointing ending, there was themes of sin, and I will speak more of that in a minute, and there are universal...something or other that people can relate too concerning family and train of thought.
As to the theme of sin, I said previously sin and redemption. I do not see redemption anywhere in the near future for the Compsons. The novel does not give hope for redemption. The closest thing there is is that for most of the plot the date is on Easter weekend, symbolizing death and resurrection. The black servants take Benjy to church services and it serves as a pointing finger that these are the innocent ones, these are the ones who have not fallen.
Yay irony! The only characters who have not fallen are the mentally deficient 33 man(sparknotes says Benjy's a Christ figure but I think that may be analyzing it a bit far.) the old matriarchal black servant, and Luster who has grudgingly watched after Benjy.
Kloverfield Out
2/23/11
I Should Probably Stop Spewing Scathing Brilliance Everywhere Before I Hurt Myself...
Kloverfield Log: February 23, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 360-401
At last, the last of the book.
Immediate response: "That's it?"
What really happened at the end: Quentin steals Jason's money, which was really money kind of stolen from Quentin to begin with. Quentin runs away. Jason is pissed and runs around after Quentin, trying to find her. After getting as far as he can, he returns to Jefferson, the fictional town in Mississippi that Faulkner places many of his works, in Yoknapatawa county...don't quote me on that. Then it ends with Luster taking Benjamin home in a carriage at a failed attempt to go for a Sunday ride.
I was not impressed. Sorry Faulkner. I would much rather read your creepy stories than your downfall stories. I like plot twists and intrigue. This novel was fairly straight forward once the flashbacks were understood.
My fuss over this novel seems to be out of proportion with the ending. Yes, it was confusing, but it ended ... well, Jason was pissed off as all else...but there wasn't any real definite ending really it seemed. Through out the entire novel, I was looking for what was going on, for puzzle pieces to the truth, and then I felt let down that the entire story was about the downfall of this family. How can I see the downfall if I never see how high up they were? If I never saw the contrast?
The plot was rather simple to define, only a few acts, but piecing everything together was a little tricky, up until Jason's narrative. That's when everything fell into place. I was waiting for a twist, something dramatic, something more than something that could be seen in the garden variety soap opera. I guess I really just set my expectations too high and too...mystery...I was expecting a story akin to A Rose for Emily. I've seen similarities, sin, redemption, reactions to society, reactions of society, Southern society specifically. I was also expecting him to sum up the story a little, bring out what his themes were more. They were a fallen family yes, but the fall seemed to be inevitable with the characters and how they were portrayed. I shouldn't have mentioned redemption. I don't see how they could be redeemed, at least not until this generation dies out.
I guess I was really just surface reading. I'm not really intrigued to read this book again though. This story can be seen in nearly any home...anywhere.
Hey! Universal Themes! I'm scoffing at it's commonness but that is what has made it readable for so many years.
I.Point of View
A.told by different narrators
i.Caddy and family name connects the narrators
ii.different opinions
a.see different things
b. objectivity vs. subjectivity, not everyone sees things the same and will not focus on the same things.
iii. varying impressions based on each narrator's experience.
a. Benjy relates everything through memories
b. Quentin relates most of the action through theories
c. Jason says things how they are, or rather as he sees them, and how what he sees is not how it should be.
iv.nobody thinks the same really
a. some people do think based on their memories
1.think through impressions, what you see hear smell feel, you think through your senses
b. people do not think with correct punctuation or capitalization
II. Messed Up Dramatic Family
A. there is not one family ever that has a perfect name.
i. if they do they are covering something up
ii. every family have those members who go off and do their own thing, whether good or bad.
a. like Caddy, who seemed to be perfectly fine until she went off and did stuff
1.I would really like to see the Compson family before the downfall so that I had something to compare them too. Benjy's perception of Caddy is innocent, while as the novel continues on, her brothers tell of how she has done things and with each brother the severity of it seems to increase.
b. like Quentin who drowned himself
c. like the mother who is a hypochondriac
d. like the father who dies from alcoholism
B. any person can relate to this story because there are people in it who do remind them of people in their own lives.
I don't even know why I did that. I put no preemptive thought into that organizational list. I'm going to go onto something else now before I act even more like an overly smart person. I'm starting to scare myself.(it's true. last night i was watching a movie and identified parallelism. I've had too much English.)
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 360-401
At last, the last of the book.
Immediate response: "That's it?"
What really happened at the end: Quentin steals Jason's money, which was really money kind of stolen from Quentin to begin with. Quentin runs away. Jason is pissed and runs around after Quentin, trying to find her. After getting as far as he can, he returns to Jefferson, the fictional town in Mississippi that Faulkner places many of his works, in Yoknapatawa county...don't quote me on that. Then it ends with Luster taking Benjamin home in a carriage at a failed attempt to go for a Sunday ride.
I was not impressed. Sorry Faulkner. I would much rather read your creepy stories than your downfall stories. I like plot twists and intrigue. This novel was fairly straight forward once the flashbacks were understood.
My fuss over this novel seems to be out of proportion with the ending. Yes, it was confusing, but it ended ... well, Jason was pissed off as all else...but there wasn't any real definite ending really it seemed. Through out the entire novel, I was looking for what was going on, for puzzle pieces to the truth, and then I felt let down that the entire story was about the downfall of this family. How can I see the downfall if I never see how high up they were? If I never saw the contrast?
The plot was rather simple to define, only a few acts, but piecing everything together was a little tricky, up until Jason's narrative. That's when everything fell into place. I was waiting for a twist, something dramatic, something more than something that could be seen in the garden variety soap opera. I guess I really just set my expectations too high and too...mystery...I was expecting a story akin to A Rose for Emily. I've seen similarities, sin, redemption, reactions to society, reactions of society, Southern society specifically. I was also expecting him to sum up the story a little, bring out what his themes were more. They were a fallen family yes, but the fall seemed to be inevitable with the characters and how they were portrayed. I shouldn't have mentioned redemption. I don't see how they could be redeemed, at least not until this generation dies out.
I guess I was really just surface reading. I'm not really intrigued to read this book again though. This story can be seen in nearly any home...anywhere.
Hey! Universal Themes! I'm scoffing at it's commonness but that is what has made it readable for so many years.
I.Point of View
A.told by different narrators
i.Caddy and family name connects the narrators
ii.different opinions
a.see different things
b. objectivity vs. subjectivity, not everyone sees things the same and will not focus on the same things.
iii. varying impressions based on each narrator's experience.
a. Benjy relates everything through memories
b. Quentin relates most of the action through theories
c. Jason says things how they are, or rather as he sees them, and how what he sees is not how it should be.
iv.nobody thinks the same really
a. some people do think based on their memories
1.think through impressions, what you see hear smell feel, you think through your senses
b. people do not think with correct punctuation or capitalization
II. Messed Up Dramatic Family
A. there is not one family ever that has a perfect name.
i. if they do they are covering something up
ii. every family have those members who go off and do their own thing, whether good or bad.
a. like Caddy, who seemed to be perfectly fine until she went off and did stuff
1.I would really like to see the Compson family before the downfall so that I had something to compare them too. Benjy's perception of Caddy is innocent, while as the novel continues on, her brothers tell of how she has done things and with each brother the severity of it seems to increase.
b. like Quentin who drowned himself
c. like the mother who is a hypochondriac
d. like the father who dies from alcoholism
B. any person can relate to this story because there are people in it who do remind them of people in their own lives.
I don't even know why I did that. I put no preemptive thought into that organizational list. I'm going to go onto something else now before I act even more like an overly smart person. I'm starting to scare myself.(it's true. last night i was watching a movie and identified parallelism. I've had too much English.)
2/21/11
My Predictions for the Last 40 Pages
Kloverfield Log: February 21,2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 330-360
I am completely ready to be done with this book. Actually, I want to find out what was actually going on, then I can be done with this book.
I'm a little confused again. Only a little. This last section has a third person point of view. Through out the entire novel, the flashbacks have become less common and they make more sense, and I can only think of once where Jason flashbacked. Here, there is no flashbacks. There couldn't be really, it's in third person.
Ever since the section began, I've been wondering "who's dead? who's dead?" Slowly they revealed that everyone is alive, unfortunate. I really want someone to be dead at some point, besides the father and suicidal Quentin. It did turn out that little Slut Quentin ran off in the night. It's not that hard to decipher. The red tied lover wore a red tie because he was in the show that Luster was looking for his quarter to go to and the show left by midnight and so by the process of logic and no more confusing and illogical flashbacks, Quentin left with the show.
Since this is my last post before I finish the book, I would like to make a few predictions. Disclaimer: The point of these predictions is just to entertain myself and to partially bug my video game addicted brother who freaks out slightly when I drag him from his Warcraft.
1. Benjamin has been playing dumb all along.
2. Quentin from Harvard comes back as a ghost and haunts Jason for being a jerk.
3. Caddy has been messing with Jason, and Quentin is really a hired actress to be a complete jerk to Jason. The $200 dollars a month was her pay. She ran away because she was finally offered a good job in that show with the red tie wearers.
4. Benjamin is an alien who could not adapt to Earth life and thus became a walking moaning drooling vegetable.
5. Dilsey kills everyone and takes over the household.
6. Miss Caroline finally dies from her consistent illness and nobody notices for weeks until they realize that although the house is pleasantly quieter, there's a terrible stench wafting from the upstairs bedroom which is covered up with lime. (haha, Isn't that what happened in A Rose for Emily, also by Faulkner?)
7. There is a fantastic musical number that explains everything completely. Because nothing can be better expressed than by music.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 330-360
I am completely ready to be done with this book. Actually, I want to find out what was actually going on, then I can be done with this book.
I'm a little confused again. Only a little. This last section has a third person point of view. Through out the entire novel, the flashbacks have become less common and they make more sense, and I can only think of once where Jason flashbacked. Here, there is no flashbacks. There couldn't be really, it's in third person.
Ever since the section began, I've been wondering "who's dead? who's dead?" Slowly they revealed that everyone is alive, unfortunate. I really want someone to be dead at some point, besides the father and suicidal Quentin. It did turn out that little Slut Quentin ran off in the night. It's not that hard to decipher. The red tied lover wore a red tie because he was in the show that Luster was looking for his quarter to go to and the show left by midnight and so by the process of logic and no more confusing and illogical flashbacks, Quentin left with the show.
Since this is my last post before I finish the book, I would like to make a few predictions. Disclaimer: The point of these predictions is just to entertain myself and to partially bug my video game addicted brother who freaks out slightly when I drag him from his Warcraft.
1. Benjamin has been playing dumb all along.
2. Quentin from Harvard comes back as a ghost and haunts Jason for being a jerk.
3. Caddy has been messing with Jason, and Quentin is really a hired actress to be a complete jerk to Jason. The $200 dollars a month was her pay. She ran away because she was finally offered a good job in that show with the red tie wearers.
4. Benjamin is an alien who could not adapt to Earth life and thus became a walking moaning drooling vegetable.
5. Dilsey kills everyone and takes over the household.
6. Miss Caroline finally dies from her consistent illness and nobody notices for weeks until they realize that although the house is pleasantly quieter, there's a terrible stench wafting from the upstairs bedroom which is covered up with lime. (haha, Isn't that what happened in A Rose for Emily, also by Faulkner?)
7. There is a fantastic musical number that explains everything completely. Because nothing can be better expressed than by music.
O.O I've run out of sticky notes oh no
Kloverfield Log: February 21,2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 290-329
I really am getting annoyed with Jason. He's a manipulative jerk. He is consistently making racist, sexist, and just overall prejudiced comments. He doesn't really care about people. It seems like he cares more about his family name over people. He knows his family is considered crazy but he doesn't want to really be a part of them. He wants them to behave but its just for show. I'm still working on figuring him out.
Things are finally coming full circle. We've finally returned to and are connecting things from the other sections. We discover who the person with the red tie is and why he's wearing a red tie which connects back to Luster losing his quarter in the very first section.
I laugh at Jason's pain *muwahhahhah* Quentin and her red tied lover let the air out of his tires and he complains about how he bugged the servants to put a tire on the vehicle. Poetic justice. Irony. Whatever. It's funny.
A few times again, Luck comes up. It seems to come in again and again and I don't know why.
He sums up his siblings so we know what's going on.
Benjy's just crazy, we know this.
Quentin drowned himself.
Caddy is a whore. As they speak of her, it seems that this really is her profession.
He then adds himself to the list and says that he's just as crazy because he's running around town in the afternoon without a hat, chasing down his slutty niece. Although I agree with him that she shouldn't be doing that sort of stuff, I have more compassion for her than for Jason.
I am almost done with the book! Yeah yeah! I have one more section and less than 100 pages left. Wooh!
except I've run out of post it notes...
awww *sad face*
Kloverfield Out
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 290-329
I really am getting annoyed with Jason. He's a manipulative jerk. He is consistently making racist, sexist, and just overall prejudiced comments. He doesn't really care about people. It seems like he cares more about his family name over people. He knows his family is considered crazy but he doesn't want to really be a part of them. He wants them to behave but its just for show. I'm still working on figuring him out.
Things are finally coming full circle. We've finally returned to and are connecting things from the other sections. We discover who the person with the red tie is and why he's wearing a red tie which connects back to Luster losing his quarter in the very first section.
I laugh at Jason's pain *muwahhahhah* Quentin and her red tied lover let the air out of his tires and he complains about how he bugged the servants to put a tire on the vehicle. Poetic justice. Irony. Whatever. It's funny.
A few times again, Luck comes up. It seems to come in again and again and I don't know why.
He sums up his siblings so we know what's going on.
Benjy's just crazy, we know this.
Quentin drowned himself.
Caddy is a whore. As they speak of her, it seems that this really is her profession.
He then adds himself to the list and says that he's just as crazy because he's running around town in the afternoon without a hat, chasing down his slutty niece. Although I agree with him that she shouldn't be doing that sort of stuff, I have more compassion for her than for Jason.
I am almost done with the book! Yeah yeah! I have one more section and less than 100 pages left. Wooh!
except I've run out of post it notes...
awww *sad face*
Kloverfield Out
P.S. to my last post
Kloverfield Log: February 21,2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 259-290
P.S.
As I was reviewing my post its to this section I discovered a biblical allusion and a point, several points actually, where Caddy, who I liked from the beginning, is called, directly or implicitly, a whore. That biblical allusion is on page 276 and it says that "they'll take her too and the name of it's not Milk street and Honey avenue either." This is actually referring to Jason's mother, not Caddy. The reference to milk and honey is from the exodus in the bible of the Jews from Egyptian bondage. It is said that the promised land is overflowing with milk and honey. The way it is referred to in this piece is only saying that where she would be sent is not somewhere pleasant.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 259-290
P.S.
As I was reviewing my post its to this section I discovered a biblical allusion and a point, several points actually, where Caddy, who I liked from the beginning, is called, directly or implicitly, a whore. That biblical allusion is on page 276 and it says that "they'll take her too and the name of it's not Milk street and Honey avenue either." This is actually referring to Jason's mother, not Caddy. The reference to milk and honey is from the exodus in the bible of the Jews from Egyptian bondage. It is said that the promised land is overflowing with milk and honey. The way it is referred to in this piece is only saying that where she would be sent is not somewhere pleasant.
the Red Tie *dun dun dun*
Kloverfield Log: February 21,2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 259-290
blah blah blah money blah burn money blah give Quentin money from her mommy blah burn the large amount of money blah blah
O.O
red tie?...
Red tie?...
RED TIE?
Benjy thank you! that was actually important!
yay
huh I'm not interested about the idiotic drama that can be seen on any daytime soap opera but I freak out over the red tie...
All I can say really for this section is that it was dull. It just happens that the mother is burning all the money that Caddy is sending Quentin and the mother is being melodramatic. Jason is annoying and overprotective of his family name. In the middle of a business day, he runs after Quentin as she is seen going through alleys with a man wearing a red tie. And in Benjy's section the red tie wearer is Jack...!!!!!!!! wow! I went back and read it. It makes sense now. That's a section where Quentin was a girl and I was pissed but this is the same red tie wearing Jack that we see now!
So now, we join the race after Quentin and her red tie wearing lover.
buh bye
Kloverfield Out.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 259-290
blah blah blah money blah burn money blah give Quentin money from her mommy blah burn the large amount of money blah blahO.O
red tie?...
Red tie?...
RED TIE?
Benjy thank you! that was actually important!
yay
huh I'm not interested about the idiotic drama that can be seen on any daytime soap opera but I freak out over the red tie...
All I can say really for this section is that it was dull. It just happens that the mother is burning all the money that Caddy is sending Quentin and the mother is being melodramatic. Jason is annoying and overprotective of his family name. In the middle of a business day, he runs after Quentin as she is seen going through alleys with a man wearing a red tie. And in Benjy's section the red tie wearer is Jack...!!!!!!!! wow! I went back and read it. It makes sense now. That's a section where Quentin was a girl and I was pissed but this is the same red tie wearing Jack that we see now!
So now, we join the race after Quentin and her red tie wearing lover.
buh bye
Kloverfield Out.
It's Making Sense!
Kloverfield Log: February 21,2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 223-259
As I begin my journey into the third perilous section of the land of Sounding Fury, I am guided through by Jason, the last sibling to Benjy, Caddy, and Quentin. I've discovered that although my hatred for Quentin was only in confusion, my dislike for Jason is truly in his character. He is a prejudiced...one sec, I wrote something simply amazing on a post-it note...
I quote myself "You're a bit of an abusive sexist racist pig." Truly. I have proof. The first sentence from Jason is "Once a bitch always a bitch." Sexist. He treats his black servants like things just there to work. He's taking care of Quentin(I will explain Quentin in a moment) and threatens to beat her.(yes her. I will explain) He is the one who takes care of his mother, Quentin, and Benjy after his father dies. He is the one who brings in the money and who expects to be obeyed. He is the loved child of his mother. He's the worst one of all. He only lets Benjy live with him(but he calls him Ben.)because of his mother who is always sick.
QUENTIN!
Jason has revealed why Quentin has always pissed me off because of gender confusion.
Quentin is:
i.Jason's, Caddy's, and Benjamin's brother.
ia.in Harvard
ib.cares about Caddy
ic.male
ii.*drumroll*Caddy's illegitimate daughter!
iia.lives with Jason's mother, Jason, and Benjy
iib.as rebellious as Caddy
iic.is seen as a slut by Jason
iid.doesn't know her mother
iie. Female!
It all makes sense!
It occurred to me while reading this section, that maybe this story is actually about Caddy told through the view of her brothers. In the first section Benjy tells about Caddy, and she's always the innocent, motherly sister, a little girl. In Quentin's section, he portrays Caddy as a young woman who is making bad choices and he wants to take care of her and make it all better. Jason sees Caddy as a slut, just like her illegitimate daughter, Quentin, whom he has taken in. So although the actual storyline is not chronological, the pieces pertaining to Caddy are in order. Her part in the story is in a logical organization.
As I travel through the Land of Sounding Fury, I have encountered confusion, time travel, mental illness, immorality, racism, sexism, money, violence. What will be uncovered next?
Kloverfield out
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 223-259
As I begin my journey into the third perilous section of the land of Sounding Fury, I am guided through by Jason, the last sibling to Benjy, Caddy, and Quentin. I've discovered that although my hatred for Quentin was only in confusion, my dislike for Jason is truly in his character. He is a prejudiced...one sec, I wrote something simply amazing on a post-it note...
 |
| (wait...isn't it redundant to stick a push pin through a post it?) |
QUENTIN!
Jason has revealed why Quentin has always pissed me off because of gender confusion.
Quentin is:
 |
| iii.basically understood as a Justin Beiber like character: Justin says Justin's a boy but we all think he's lying. Spark notes says Quentin's a boy, but we all think it's just confused |
ia.in Harvard
ib.cares about Caddy
ic.male
ii.*drumroll*Caddy's illegitimate daughter!
iia.lives with Jason's mother, Jason, and Benjy
iib.as rebellious as Caddy
iic.is seen as a slut by Jason
iid.doesn't know her mother
iie. Female!
It all makes sense!
It occurred to me while reading this section, that maybe this story is actually about Caddy told through the view of her brothers. In the first section Benjy tells about Caddy, and she's always the innocent, motherly sister, a little girl. In Quentin's section, he portrays Caddy as a young woman who is making bad choices and he wants to take care of her and make it all better. Jason sees Caddy as a slut, just like her illegitimate daughter, Quentin, whom he has taken in. So although the actual storyline is not chronological, the pieces pertaining to Caddy are in order. Her part in the story is in a logical organization.
As I travel through the Land of Sounding Fury, I have encountered confusion, time travel, mental illness, immorality, racism, sexism, money, violence. What will be uncovered next?
Kloverfield out
2/19/11
Puzzle Piece Quotation #11
Kloverfield Log: February 19, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #11
page 258
"I thank de Lawd I got mo heart dan dat, even ef hit is black."
Besides this quote being an example of dialect differences between the educated Southern whites and the uneducated Southern black servants, it shows a mentality that many people can identify with. It's an "I'm not perfect, but I'm glad I'm not you," mentality.
Puzzle Piece Quotation #10
Kloverfield Log: February 19, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #10
page241
"After all, like I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it. It dont belong to anybody, so why try to hoard it. It just belongs to the man that can get it and keep it."
An interesting philosophy from Jason. It's a quote that makes you think. What is valuable? What is the nature of money? Why do so many people try to get money, when it is just there to be used as a standard for trade? It is almost ironic because he is the one who earns the money for his family after his father dies. He is the one who earns the money but he doesn't value it.
Puzzle Piece Quotation #9
Kloverfield Log: February 19, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #9
page 211
"They come into white people's lives like that in sudden sharp black trickles that isolate white facts for an instant in unarguable truth like under a microscope; the rest of the time just voices that laugh when you see nothing to laugh at, tears when no reason for tears."
Besides just characterizing Quentin, this also proves a different insight on racial prejudice. To a black slave owner, or I guess they weren't slaves in 1910, or a person with black servants, that's all they were. They would say something that was right once in a while, but the rest of the time, they are mysteries and don't make sense. The mentality may also be that others who are not like you only capture few occasional truths about you, or a race or other stereotyped groups. Comedians do this all the time. They find an unarguable truth and play on it. People just don't get mad at comedians most of the time because they make people laugh. It's not always okay for normal people to do this.
Why is there no Punctuation?
Kloverfield Log: February, 19,2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 184-222
I just read two long sections where there was no punctuation to be found, except for an occasional period in an abbreviation or an apostrophe. One section had some form to it, keeping the customary, you speak, enter, i speak enter, you do something speak enter, i respond enter. That bit wasn't hard for me to follow since I knew it was a flashback. The second piece was all of Quentin's thoughts circling roundabout making it all very difficult to decipher.
In between these sections is a bit where Quentin and Shreve, a friend from Harvard, are nursing Quentin's black eye. It took me a while to figure out what had happened. During the previous flashback, which consisted of Quentin talking to Caddy among other things, he fought a guy on a bridge, except I didn't catch the cause. It just sort of happened. Then it returns and while Quentin was fighting this man in the flashback, he had punched Gerald, also from Harvard, during a picnic. Earlier in Quentin's narrative, he mentions how your body can do things although you don't want it too, which seemed to happen when Quentin was (or we were, doesn't matter) distracted with a flashback. He started a fight, which was triggered by his flashback.
Quentin pays attention to smell, like Benjy, but not as much. He notices honeysuckle everytime he remembers Caddy. Then, he says that "honeysuckle was the saddest odour of all." His feelings towards Caddy are more sad and melancholy. In that flashback, he keeps asking Caddy if she loves someone and then he holds a knife to her neck, saying that he will be fast and then do his own. It never happened though. He drops the knife.
The last word Caddy says before the flashback is over is the name Dalton Ames. Quentin has repeated the name over and over in this section. I have theories of what is going on, but none of them are certainly what is going on concerning Caddy.
Off to the third leg of the journey. Back to the Future! April 6th 1928
Kloverfield Out
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 184-222
I just read two long sections where there was no punctuation to be found, except for an occasional period in an abbreviation or an apostrophe. One section had some form to it, keeping the customary, you speak, enter, i speak enter, you do something speak enter, i respond enter. That bit wasn't hard for me to follow since I knew it was a flashback. The second piece was all of Quentin's thoughts circling roundabout making it all very difficult to decipher.
In between these sections is a bit where Quentin and Shreve, a friend from Harvard, are nursing Quentin's black eye. It took me a while to figure out what had happened. During the previous flashback, which consisted of Quentin talking to Caddy among other things, he fought a guy on a bridge, except I didn't catch the cause. It just sort of happened. Then it returns and while Quentin was fighting this man in the flashback, he had punched Gerald, also from Harvard, during a picnic. Earlier in Quentin's narrative, he mentions how your body can do things although you don't want it too, which seemed to happen when Quentin was (or we were, doesn't matter) distracted with a flashback. He started a fight, which was triggered by his flashback.
Quentin pays attention to smell, like Benjy, but not as much. He notices honeysuckle everytime he remembers Caddy. Then, he says that "honeysuckle was the saddest odour of all." His feelings towards Caddy are more sad and melancholy. In that flashback, he keeps asking Caddy if she loves someone and then he holds a knife to her neck, saying that he will be fast and then do his own. It never happened though. He drops the knife.
The last word Caddy says before the flashback is over is the name Dalton Ames. Quentin has repeated the name over and over in this section. I have theories of what is going on, but none of them are certainly what is going on concerning Caddy.
Off to the third leg of the journey. Back to the Future! April 6th 1928
Kloverfield Out
Gotta dollar? yeah? Got six more? yeah?
Kloverfield Log: February 19, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and the Fury, pages 165-184
Regarding the book, The Sound and the Fury, pages 165-184
The mood of Quentin's narrative is getting lighter. Quentin is becoming an actual human being. Well, a character that I don't hate anymore. The reasons I hated him were not his fault. They were just caused by confusion.
In this section we continue following Quentin on his journey. There is no goal, no reason, no plan. He just wanders wherever. Sometime after he ditched the little girl, she finds him, and Quentin once again tries to help her find her home. As it turns out, trouble finds them first. The little girl's older brother appears, convinced that Quentin was trying to steal her. The little girl's return may have been a device employed by Faulkner to bring Quentin back into the town. Since they were convinced that Quentin is a kidnapper, they brought him back to the town to go in front of a judge, and sitting in the street is an automobile filled with people from school looking for him. If he had not been arrested because the girl followed him, Quentin may have continued wandering until it was necessary to return to school. The entire scene from the court is entertaining though. When Quentin sees the car, he says to the occupants,"good afternoon,"he raises his hat and continues nonchalantly,"I'm under arrest. I'm sorry I didn't get your note."Then when he's in court it goes:
"blahblahblah name blah age blah."
*indistinct chatter from harvardians*
"quiet blah blah harvard blah kidnapping children blehblah."
*harvardians attempt at excuse*
"blah give the italian a dollar blah"
quentin gives him a dollar
"give the italian six dollars"
quenting gives him six dollars.
"bybye"
huh, that had nothing to do with anything. fun anyways
As Quentin rides in the car, he starts to space off. His thoughts aren't making very much sense right now. He bursts into laughter at some point and the people worry about him. The stuff that does make sense makes me want to laugh. His thoughts are still under the process of decipheration.
I am now off to decode a twenty plus page chunk of Quentin narrative that is completely punctuationless. Into the unknown!
Kloverfield out
2/17/11
Puzzle Piece Quotation #8
Kloverfield Log: February 17, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #8
page 143
"And Father said it's because you are a virgin: dont you see? Women are never virgins. Purity is a negative state and therefore contrary to nature. It's nature is hurting you not Caddy and I said That's just words and he said So is virginity and I said you dont know. You cant know and he said Yes. On the instant when we come to realise that tragedy is second-hand."
Qunetin seems to have some respect for women while his father does not. It also illustrates that Caddy has been...I dunno...Naughty? something along those lines. Also, her father and quentin and who else knows about it. His father also seems to dislike Quentin for being a virgin. While he could care less what Caddy does.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #8
page 143
"And Father said it's because you are a virgin: dont you see? Women are never virgins. Purity is a negative state and therefore contrary to nature. It's nature is hurting you not Caddy and I said That's just words and he said So is virginity and I said you dont know. You cant know and he said Yes. On the instant when we come to realise that tragedy is second-hand."
Qunetin seems to have some respect for women while his father does not. It also illustrates that Caddy has been...I dunno...Naughty? something along those lines. Also, her father and quentin and who else knows about it. His father also seems to dislike Quentin for being a virgin. While he could care less what Caddy does.
It's a Quest!...or maybe not
Kloverfield Log: February 17, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and the Fury, pages 128-165
This section seemed relatively boring actually.
Quentin was only traveling. He skipped a day of school at Harvard, took a train and walked around. The way he narrated his journey greatly resembled my own thoughts during a journey. He would occaisionally pay attention to his surroundings, but otherwise his thoughts would travel as much as he did. He seemed almost on autopilot. His thoughts wandered to an encounter with a man who tried to offer him a cigar. He often thought back to Caddy. I like Caddy, but I don't know what Quentin thinks of her yet. His thoughts regarding Caddy are always repetitive. Caddy don't get married. Caddy wants Quentin to take care of Benjy and their father. Caddy's sick. Caddy's going somewhere.
Quentin thinks about how women are at one point in this section, but the words seem to be his father's. Things about how women are bitches and never are virgins and how his father thinks that Caddy is better than Quentin. Earlier in one of the parts I read, I think it was somewhere where I was awfully pissed at Quentin, where Quentin was thinking about Caddy and how she shouldn't do something hidden in the ditch in the dark woods furiously...
Quentin I think may see Caddy differently than Benjy sees her. Benjy sees her as pure, ideal, motherly, a caretaker. Quentin sees her for what she is doing, which has not been clearly said yet.
During Quentin's travelling thoughts, he says a few odd things that I see just as those odd thoughts that cross your mind. As he was recounting a memory, he says "His face looked like a pumpkin." It was said almost out of the blue and i had to reread what was going on. He also says "O That That's Chinese I dont know Chinese." then it goes into his father telling him "It's because you're a virgin."
Besides his somewhat inner turmoil, he does meet a strange little poor girl I kind of liked because Quentin treated her kindly. Once I think about it, his reaction to her was terribly stereotypical. He gave her food. She followed him around. He tried to find where she belonged, and after exhausting all options, he gives her a quarter and runs away. I was intrigued by the little girl and really want her to come back into the story.
thats about it. I occured a section without punctuation and I discovered, it isn't always Quentin's thoughts. Sometimes its flashbacks and someone else is speaking. I don't know if it fixes Benjy's section concerning pronoun confusion, but it does fix Quentin's section.
I am not nearly so pissed at Quentin right now. :)
Kloverfield Out
Regarding the book, The Sound and the Fury, pages 128-165
This section seemed relatively boring actually.
Quentin was only traveling. He skipped a day of school at Harvard, took a train and walked around. The way he narrated his journey greatly resembled my own thoughts during a journey. He would occaisionally pay attention to his surroundings, but otherwise his thoughts would travel as much as he did. He seemed almost on autopilot. His thoughts wandered to an encounter with a man who tried to offer him a cigar. He often thought back to Caddy. I like Caddy, but I don't know what Quentin thinks of her yet. His thoughts regarding Caddy are always repetitive. Caddy don't get married. Caddy wants Quentin to take care of Benjy and their father. Caddy's sick. Caddy's going somewhere.
Quentin thinks about how women are at one point in this section, but the words seem to be his father's. Things about how women are bitches and never are virgins and how his father thinks that Caddy is better than Quentin. Earlier in one of the parts I read, I think it was somewhere where I was awfully pissed at Quentin, where Quentin was thinking about Caddy and how she shouldn't do something hidden in the ditch in the dark woods furiously...
Quentin I think may see Caddy differently than Benjy sees her. Benjy sees her as pure, ideal, motherly, a caretaker. Quentin sees her for what she is doing, which has not been clearly said yet.
During Quentin's travelling thoughts, he says a few odd things that I see just as those odd thoughts that cross your mind. As he was recounting a memory, he says "His face looked like a pumpkin." It was said almost out of the blue and i had to reread what was going on. He also says "O That That's Chinese I dont know Chinese." then it goes into his father telling him "It's because you're a virgin."
Besides his somewhat inner turmoil, he does meet a strange little poor girl I kind of liked because Quentin treated her kindly. Once I think about it, his reaction to her was terribly stereotypical. He gave her food. She followed him around. He tried to find where she belonged, and after exhausting all options, he gives her a quarter and runs away. I was intrigued by the little girl and really want her to come back into the story.
thats about it. I occured a section without punctuation and I discovered, it isn't always Quentin's thoughts. Sometimes its flashbacks and someone else is speaking. I don't know if it fixes Benjy's section concerning pronoun confusion, but it does fix Quentin's section.
I am not nearly so pissed at Quentin right now. :)
Kloverfield Out
Puzzle Piece Quotation #7
Kloverfield Log: February 17, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #7
page 112
"Ever since then I have believed that God is not only a gentleman and a sport; He is a Kentuckian too."
I thought you would enjoy this, but I do not see why Quentin sees God as a Kentuckian. I do not understand how he came to that conclusion. Maybe you may be able to shed some light on this. This is a way Faulkner shows Quentin's perception of God and religion. Hmmm...it also seems that anything that Quentin says can be used to characterize him. Wow...well no duh, Kloverfield.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #7
page 112
"Ever since then I have believed that God is not only a gentleman and a sport; He is a Kentuckian too."
I thought you would enjoy this, but I do not see why Quentin sees God as a Kentuckian. I do not understand how he came to that conclusion. Maybe you may be able to shed some light on this. This is a way Faulkner shows Quentin's perception of God and religion. Hmmm...it also seems that anything that Quentin says can be used to characterize him. Wow...well no duh, Kloverfield.
Puzzle Piece Quotation #6
Kloverfield Log: February 17, 2011Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #6
page 104
"There were about a dozen watches in the window, a dozen different hours and each with the same assertive and contradictory assurance that mine had, without any hands at all. Contradicting one another. I could hear mine, ticking away inside my pocket, even though nobody could see it, even though it could tell nothing if anyone could."
The third Quentin philosophy. He is referring to a jeweller's window where watches are displayed and his own watch which he has broken. The watch has no hands and no face. It couldn't tell time if it wanted to, but is steadfastly ticking on like the watches in the window. The watch does not care that it is useless, but it keeps ticking on. Hey, I bet this is symbolic!
Puzzle Piece Quotation #5
Kloverfield Log: February 17, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #5
page 102
"I thought about how, when you dont want to do a thing, your body will try to trick you into doing it, sort of unawares."
Another of Quentin's curious philosophies. At times this is certainly true. Once again, this may either be Faulkner's voice, or simply a device to show that Quentin is an educated, thoughtful being, or characterization. It may be foreshadowing as well. Might Quentin's body trick him into doing something that he doesn't want to do?
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #5
page 102
"I thought about how, when you dont want to do a thing, your body will try to trick you into doing it, sort of unawares."
Another of Quentin's curious philosophies. At times this is certainly true. Once again, this may either be Faulkner's voice, or simply a device to show that Quentin is an educated, thoughtful being, or characterization. It may be foreshadowing as well. Might Quentin's body trick him into doing something that he doesn't want to do?
Puzzle Piece Quotation #4
Kloverfield Log: February 17, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #4
page 93
"I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosobers and fools."
Quentin is constantly referring to his father's pocketwatch and time and the paradoxes of it. This may be Faulkner speaking his own philosophy through Quentin, or even just a device used to show that Quentin is quite a different person compared to Benjy. Quentin is well educated while Benjy is just a relay for the scene. This is perhaps the first indication that Quentin is an actual character that will act on the plot and form ideas instead of just eyes to see with.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #4
page 93
"I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosobers and fools."
Quentin is constantly referring to his father's pocketwatch and time and the paradoxes of it. This may be Faulkner speaking his own philosophy through Quentin, or even just a device used to show that Quentin is quite a different person compared to Benjy. Quentin is well educated while Benjy is just a relay for the scene. This is perhaps the first indication that Quentin is an actual character that will act on the plot and form ideas instead of just eyes to see with.
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| Benjy's character is used as Cyclops, but only by his appearance, not the actual character. He is just there and we see the story through his glasses which let us see and know his memories and perceptions |
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| Quentin's character on the other hand is knowledgable, inquiring, and a creator of ideas. He is more of a character that thinks and acts than Benjy is. |
2/15/11
Apologies
Now that I look back on my posts, I realize that the sheer amount of text can be overwhelming. Before I go any farther I would like to apologize for my somewhat rantlike style of writing. Written words can often get away from me.
Quentin...*noises of disgust*
Kloverfield Log: February 15, 2011
*sigh**halfhearted attempt to regain sanity*
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Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 93-128
REALLY???? REALLY? MR. FAULKNER, YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!!!!!! MUST YOU REALLY HAVE THE POINT OF VIEW SWITCH TO QUENTIN?!!?!?!?!?!?! OF ALLLLL PEOPLE! THE ONLY ONE THAT I'VE HATED SO FAR!
Even as I read this through Quentin's point of view, I hate...it this person! Even when it is in Quentin's point of view I cannot tell if Quentin is male or female!!! ARRRGGGGH!
I am now resorting to Sparknotes which I really try not to use. I will return momentarily.
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*sob*Whyyyyyy? Sparknotes has confirmed that Quentin is male, at least...ugh stupid sparknotes revealed more than I wanted to know and has ruined things that I will find out later that were not to be revealed yet. But I am so danged convinced that Quentin is either, gender confused, schizophrenic, or that William Faulkner was not able to keep pronouns consistent with gender. Or even that when this was written William Faulkner was not sure of the content and never bothered to go back and edit to make Quentin understandable.
*deep confused despair*
Quentin is definately the only character that I have truly hated ever. EVER. *sigh**halfhearted attempt to regain sanity*
I really enjoyed reading Benjy's perception over Quentin's. Benjy was innocent and inbiased. Quentin...after reading only thirty or fourty pages of his point of view, I want to stab him through and crush his skull. Pardon the graphicness of it. I really do though. He is always speaking of incest and sisters and religion and school and time and guilt and roses and Dalton Ames and smell and luck and names and women being bitches and spying and women being evil and him protecting women. This is all so annoying and depressing and confusing and as I said before, I'd like to run him through, crush his skull, and perhaps push him off a cliff, although maybe not in that order. Run him through with a ... knife of some sort, push him off a cliff, Then crush is skull. Thank goodness he is only a fictional character.
*big breath*...
*exhale*
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| Quentin is described as having violet eyes and yellow hair |
Kay, well, with Quentin speaking we receive a more linear, less flashbacked piece. Quentin is educated, or in the process of. He is going to Harvard and uses intellectual terms such as reducto absurdum(we all should know what this logical fallacy is thanks to Boegel), paradox, and other high diction that I am unable to reference at the moment.
He is confusing from the beginning though(disregarding the pronoun confusion). He is first encountered in his room at Harvard where he is found skipping class and starts off into the town running errands of sorts.
He first takes his broken pocket watch to a jewellers to see if it could be fixed, after "dropping it and stepping on it accidentally in the night." We cannot take his words at face value because he buys flat-irons and wraps them up so they look like a package of shoes. He even tells someone that he's had his shoes half-soled. Back to the pocket watch, which his father gave him, Quentin discusses the concept of time in several places. He seems to be obsessed. He also speaks of incest, sisters, and a Dalton Ames over and over. Faulkner calls on smell a lot. Quentin speaks of roses and the smell. at least in passing.
Faulkner once again employs the tactic of train of thought narration as he did with Benjy but with (i have no better word for Quentin) a sane human being. His thought processes are not dependent on memories, as Benjy's is, but with some form of rational thought concerning time paradoxes, moral codes, redemption, among other things. The biggest change perhaps with Quentin is that he is an actual character that acts upon plot instead of just being a factor, instead of a player, as benjy is. His thought patterns resemble a normal persons'.
Where I have stopped to blog is right after the first section where there is no punctuation to be seen. This can be seen as how people think, no punctuation. His thoughts, besides occaisionally being void of punctuation, are reminiscent of how Mrs. Kearl speaks, with tangents that eventually return to the topic.
The most alarming ridiculous bout of pronoun confusion can be seen in this punctuationless section. I quote,"I thought that Benjamin was punishment enough for any sins I have committed I thought he was my punishment for putting aside my pride and marrying a man who held himself above me I dont complain I loved him above all of them because of it because my duty through Jason pulling at my heart all the while" I was so lost and confused here because this is in Quentin's point of view and I was unsure of gender and it speaks of Quentin being a mother of Benjamin and Jason and being married. I was not sure if it really was Quentin speaking or not but it was terribly horribly no good very bad just suckyly confusing.
I must stop before I break down from all of the holes Quentin has poked into my psyche that has let my sanity drip away.
Kloverfield Out
Correction
I would like to correct my last reading response post, of 2/12/11, the one titled "The Close of April 7th, 1928 and at the Gate of the Path to Eighteen Years Ago."
I said that I was a third of the way done. In reality, I miscounted and I am actually a quarter of the way done, and the book has 4 sections not 3, labeled as they appear in the book as: April Seventh, 1928; June Second, 1910;April Sixth 1928; and April Eighth 1928.
I apologize for my mistake.
I said that I was a third of the way done. In reality, I miscounted and I am actually a quarter of the way done, and the book has 4 sections not 3, labeled as they appear in the book as: April Seventh, 1928; June Second, 1910;April Sixth 1928; and April Eighth 1928.
I apologize for my mistake.
2/13/11
Puzzle Piece Quotation #3
Kloverfield Log: February 13, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #3
page 71
"Huh, Dilsey said. Name aint going to help him. Hurt him, neither. Folks dont have no luck, changing names. My name been Dilsey since fore I could remember and it be Dilsey when they's long forgotten me.
How will they know it's Dilsey, when it's long forgot Dilsey, Caddy said.
It'll be in the Book, honey, Dilsey said. Writ out.
Can you read it, Caddy said.
Won't have to, Dilsey said. They'll read it for me. All I got to do is say Ise here."
This struck me when I read it. I don't quite remember why since it was several hours ago when I read it. For some reason, it seemed to speak of Faulkner's view on names and perhaps his view on heaven. THey also speak of luck often. Especially when they're speaking of their land or house, which leaves ominous curiousity. Then to say that changing a name could be unlucky builds a connection through those things.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #3
page 71
"Huh, Dilsey said. Name aint going to help him. Hurt him, neither. Folks dont have no luck, changing names. My name been Dilsey since fore I could remember and it be Dilsey when they's long forgotten me.
How will they know it's Dilsey, when it's long forgot Dilsey, Caddy said.
It'll be in the Book, honey, Dilsey said. Writ out.
Can you read it, Caddy said.
Won't have to, Dilsey said. They'll read it for me. All I got to do is say Ise here."
This struck me when I read it. I don't quite remember why since it was several hours ago when I read it. For some reason, it seemed to speak of Faulkner's view on names and perhaps his view on heaven. THey also speak of luck often. Especially when they're speaking of their land or house, which leaves ominous curiousity. Then to say that changing a name could be unlucky builds a connection through those things.
2/12/11
The Close of April 7th, 1928 and At the Gate of the Path to Eighteen Years Ago
Kloverfield Log: February 12, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 62-92
Through my traverses of the land of Sounding Fury, I begin to get the feeling that I should be getting anxious, or nervous, or...something other than calm and easy-going, as is my natural nature(I'm sorry. That was awfully redundant). The time changes are occurring with more frequency and more anxiety. The content of each scene is becoming more and more emotional and stressful.
There was a curious scene. Benjy tells of "bright shapes." It seems that upon his ignorance, our eyes into this world are plagued with seizures. I do not know what else an onslaught of bright shapes would entail.
Oh, the agony! Our dear ignorant, innocent Benjy has started to repeat himself, I am sure. There is deja-vu all over the place. Yet, I see nothing of significance in these repeated trips. Are they only there to throw a poor wanderer like me off the trail of truth by throwing out a shiny little repeated scene along the wayside and force one to follow footsteps that lead nowhere? Oh, the melodramatic!
*dun dun dunnnn* A graveyard. Has there perhaps been foul play? Who is to know?
It appears that Benjy was at one time called Maury. There has been mentioned an Uncle Maury, who is clearly not our Benjy. Several flashbacks are dedicated to the family's attempts at telling him his new name. It is curious. He never refers to himself by name, only as I. Does he even see himself as a labeled being? And on top of that, his mother seems awfully emotional by training him to his name.
Benjy pays attention to details, the most insignificant ones too, it seems, but I am sure they will be important later on. He particularly mentions smell. For example, one of the most oftenly repeated statements is "Caddy smelled like trees." Then he mentions that his father, Versh(whom I think is a black servant), and Quentin all smell of rain.
OH! Quentin!!!! I loathe Quentin. Every mention of Quentin has me confused. There have been mention after mention of Quentin that speaks of...Quentin as a she, as a girl. Then, all of a sudden, Quentin is a boy. The back cover and the appendices of the book both say that Quentin is a boy, but there is places where the name Quentin is always paired with the pronouns of she and her. I don't understand!!! I just want to push Quentin off of a cliff. Or I may be wanting to push Faulkner off a cliff, but either way, it's awfully horribly terribly annoying.
Now that I am off my rant, I have made it through the first third of the land of Sounding Fury. The first section of the book is simply titled, April Seventh, 1928. At last there is a clear flashback. The second leg of my journey is labeled, June Second, 1910. For a moment I can rest and ponder. What will June 2nd of eighteen years ago reveal? Will the second leg of my epic journey leave my sanity unscathed?(Yes! I've been looking for a place to put that in.) Only time will tell.
Kloverfield Out.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 62-92
Through my traverses of the land of Sounding Fury, I begin to get the feeling that I should be getting anxious, or nervous, or...something other than calm and easy-going, as is my natural nature(I'm sorry. That was awfully redundant). The time changes are occurring with more frequency and more anxiety. The content of each scene is becoming more and more emotional and stressful.
There was a curious scene. Benjy tells of "bright shapes." It seems that upon his ignorance, our eyes into this world are plagued with seizures. I do not know what else an onslaught of bright shapes would entail.
Oh, the agony! Our dear ignorant, innocent Benjy has started to repeat himself, I am sure. There is deja-vu all over the place. Yet, I see nothing of significance in these repeated trips. Are they only there to throw a poor wanderer like me off the trail of truth by throwing out a shiny little repeated scene along the wayside and force one to follow footsteps that lead nowhere? Oh, the melodramatic!
*dun dun dunnnn* A graveyard. Has there perhaps been foul play? Who is to know?
It appears that Benjy was at one time called Maury. There has been mentioned an Uncle Maury, who is clearly not our Benjy. Several flashbacks are dedicated to the family's attempts at telling him his new name. It is curious. He never refers to himself by name, only as I. Does he even see himself as a labeled being? And on top of that, his mother seems awfully emotional by training him to his name.
Benjy pays attention to details, the most insignificant ones too, it seems, but I am sure they will be important later on. He particularly mentions smell. For example, one of the most oftenly repeated statements is "Caddy smelled like trees." Then he mentions that his father, Versh(whom I think is a black servant), and Quentin all smell of rain.
OH! Quentin!!!! I loathe Quentin. Every mention of Quentin has me confused. There have been mention after mention of Quentin that speaks of...Quentin as a she, as a girl. Then, all of a sudden, Quentin is a boy. The back cover and the appendices of the book both say that Quentin is a boy, but there is places where the name Quentin is always paired with the pronouns of she and her. I don't understand!!! I just want to push Quentin off of a cliff. Or I may be wanting to push Faulkner off a cliff, but either way, it's awfully horribly terribly annoying.
Now that I am off my rant, I have made it through the first third of the land of Sounding Fury. The first section of the book is simply titled, April Seventh, 1928. At last there is a clear flashback. The second leg of my journey is labeled, June Second, 1910. For a moment I can rest and ponder. What will June 2nd of eighteen years ago reveal? Will the second leg of my epic journey leave my sanity unscathed?(Yes! I've been looking for a place to put that in.) Only time will tell.
Kloverfield Out.
2/10/11
Puzzle Piece Quotation #2
Kloverfield Log: February 10, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth.
Quotation #2
page 40
""Dogs are dead." Caddy said, "And when Nancy fell in the ditch and Roskus shot her and the buzzards came and undressed her.""
This quotation really characterizes Caddy. She is straightforward and will tell it exactly as she sees it. This quotation is in the context of when the children are ushered out of the house because of a funeral. Caddy says also that only "niggers have funerals." This is a snapshot puzzle piece of how children see death, and other customs that seem natural to older people. Children may not have the clearest ideas, but they do come up with particular theories that do make sense.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth.
Quotation #2
page 40
""Dogs are dead." Caddy said, "And when Nancy fell in the ditch and Roskus shot her and the buzzards came and undressed her.""
This quotation really characterizes Caddy. She is straightforward and will tell it exactly as she sees it. This quotation is in the context of when the children are ushered out of the house because of a funeral. Caddy says also that only "niggers have funerals." This is a snapshot puzzle piece of how children see death, and other customs that seem natural to older people. Children may not have the clearest ideas, but they do come up with particular theories that do make sense.
Puzzle Piece Quotation #1
Kloverfield Log: February 10, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #1
page 36
"Roskus said."I told you two years ago. They aint no luck on this place.""
What happened two years ago? Why is there no luck? Is this foreshadowing?
This would be useful in the future I am sure. This quotation peaks interest and it causes the reader to think of what is going on and to question what it is to make this place unlucky. Yet, it is also passed over as the black slaves speaking nonsense. Faulkner may be using the slaves as speakers of his opinions and truths. We cannot be sure at this point though.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury
Quotations of Importance, puzzle pieces revealing the truth
Quotation #1
page 36
"Roskus said."I told you two years ago. They aint no luck on this place.""
What happened two years ago? Why is there no luck? Is this foreshadowing?
This would be useful in the future I am sure. This quotation peaks interest and it causes the reader to think of what is going on and to question what it is to make this place unlucky. Yet, it is also passed over as the black slaves speaking nonsense. Faulkner may be using the slaves as speakers of his opinions and truths. We cannot be sure at this point though.
Illumination
Kloverfield Log: February 10, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 33 to 62
I am beginning to understand Faulkner's unique and experimental style of writing. The syntax, thought flow, and flashback patterns are becoming logical. The entire style is becoming apparent as the way Benjy thinks. He is used much like Scout is in To Kill a Mockingbird. He is innocent and does not understand all of what is going on which makes him perfect for providing an unbiased perspective into the lives of this southern family in the early 1900s.
The most difficult part of this novel is to get past the initial confusion shock and to just go with it. Benjy will reveal all. He is giving us puzzle pieces. they do not always look like they go to the same puzzle though. Some pieces are quirky and endearing, particularly with the scenes with his sister, Caddy. Other pieces seem irrelevant or unimportant. Little pieces of detail that come up again and again. The Funeral. The sick mother. Caddy smelled like trees. Jack's bright red tie. Luster's lost quarter. It seems like we have already hit some dark secrets. some dark happenings.
I've encountered Charlie. He is portrayed as an antagonist. He treats Benjy as if he is the sick dog that needs to be shot or sent to the pound for being sick and eating grass. This situation is used to exemplify Caddy's sweet caring nature for her brother and her steadfastness in her choices. She would rather take care of her brother than to even be around Charlie. It is apparent that he has kissed her because she washes her mouth out with soap. She will not return to Charlie, or we hope not, but only time will tell.
I truly admire Caddy. Not all would be so caring to their mentally deficient brother. She has a strong bond with him.
I wonder. Luster says that Benjy is dumb and deaf. he is clearly not deaf. I do not think he is dumb. He could probably speak if he knew how. He hears, but I don't think he comprehends. I am sure that much will be revealed because others think Benjy can't hear. We will hear deep dark secrets that were never meant to be unearthed. Oh I hope Benjy will one day learn to speak so he can throw all of these things into the open!
Kloverfield Out.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 33 to 62
I am beginning to understand Faulkner's unique and experimental style of writing. The syntax, thought flow, and flashback patterns are becoming logical. The entire style is becoming apparent as the way Benjy thinks. He is used much like Scout is in To Kill a Mockingbird. He is innocent and does not understand all of what is going on which makes him perfect for providing an unbiased perspective into the lives of this southern family in the early 1900s.
The most difficult part of this novel is to get past the initial confusion shock and to just go with it. Benjy will reveal all. He is giving us puzzle pieces. they do not always look like they go to the same puzzle though. Some pieces are quirky and endearing, particularly with the scenes with his sister, Caddy. Other pieces seem irrelevant or unimportant. Little pieces of detail that come up again and again. The Funeral. The sick mother. Caddy smelled like trees. Jack's bright red tie. Luster's lost quarter. It seems like we have already hit some dark secrets. some dark happenings.
I've encountered Charlie. He is portrayed as an antagonist. He treats Benjy as if he is the sick dog that needs to be shot or sent to the pound for being sick and eating grass. This situation is used to exemplify Caddy's sweet caring nature for her brother and her steadfastness in her choices. She would rather take care of her brother than to even be around Charlie. It is apparent that he has kissed her because she washes her mouth out with soap. She will not return to Charlie, or we hope not, but only time will tell.
I truly admire Caddy. Not all would be so caring to their mentally deficient brother. She has a strong bond with him.
I wonder. Luster says that Benjy is dumb and deaf. he is clearly not deaf. I do not think he is dumb. He could probably speak if he knew how. He hears, but I don't think he comprehends. I am sure that much will be revealed because others think Benjy can't hear. We will hear deep dark secrets that were never meant to be unearthed. Oh I hope Benjy will one day learn to speak so he can throw all of these things into the open!
Kloverfield Out.
2/8/11
First Impressions
Kloverfield Log: February 8, 2011
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 1 to 33
I am so lost and confused! *sigh* *halfhearted sob*
What is real? What is happening now? When is this? What is going on?
I can't tell when is when, when is the present, what was the past, are we seeing into the future. The flashbacks are random and illogical, it seems. I am sure all will reveal itself in time, but will my sanity survive through the dark terrors of the novel? Will my fragile sanity survive through the scathing winter and the bombardment of the insane and all things illogical? They say there is always method to the madness. I am sure that is true.
The only task is surviving,
enduring,
withstanding
the madness.
...
Oh! Hey! There's a back cover to this book! and looky what it says!
"he portrays with startling realism the lives of some of the most famous characters in American literature, the Compson family," (to tell the truth, I have never heard of the Compson family, but alrighty) "Benjy, the idiot man-child."
Yay! It all makes sense now! (Kinda sorta not really but the puzzle pieces are dropping into place) That is why the flashbacks are there the way they are. Our mysterious narrator is really Benjy, who must be retarded or mentally handicapped or whatever the politically correct term is now.
Regarding the book, The Sound and The Fury, pages 1 to 33
I am so lost and confused! *sigh* *halfhearted sob*
What is real? What is happening now? When is this? What is going on?
I can't tell when is when, when is the present, what was the past, are we seeing into the future. The flashbacks are random and illogical, it seems. I am sure all will reveal itself in time, but will my sanity survive through the dark terrors of the novel? Will my fragile sanity survive through the scathing winter and the bombardment of the insane and all things illogical? They say there is always method to the madness. I am sure that is true.
The only task is surviving,
enduring,
withstanding
the madness.
...
Oh! Hey! There's a back cover to this book! and looky what it says!
"he portrays with startling realism the lives of some of the most famous characters in American literature, the Compson family," (to tell the truth, I have never heard of the Compson family, but alrighty) "Benjy, the idiot man-child."
Yay! It all makes sense now! (Kinda sorta not really but the puzzle pieces are dropping into place) That is why the flashbacks are there the way they are. Our mysterious narrator is really Benjy, who must be retarded or mentally handicapped or whatever the politically correct term is now.
2/7/11
Hi!
Hey, I've made a blog! Wooh! So, I'm supposed to blog about my book of choice, which is The Sound and The Fury by William Faulkner. I'll post whatever when I start reading it.
Until then, Yours, Kyrie
Until then, Yours, Kyrie
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