Major Themes In Faulkner's "Light In August"
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Light In August:
A Study of 20th Century Man's Search for Self
A Study of the Origins of Evil"...a man's future is inherent in
that man..."
-Faulkner in the University. p.139
Faulkner's Light in August is a metaphor. In fact it is many
metaphors, almost infinitely many. It is a jum ....
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his compassionate portrait of the origins of evil.
I have come from Alabama a fur piece (Faulkner, p.3). The reader
begins the book in this manner, following the simple-minded and determined
Lena as she travels, neither coming nor going, simply moving. Immediately
the book draws into her past, relating events leading up to this point,
explaining her motives. One gets a definite feel for her character, and
settles into her narrative, but as soon as this happens, the book switches
gears ....
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