The Sound and the Fury

By William Faulkner

Character List• Jason Compson lll• Caroline Compson• Quentin Compson• Caddy Compson• Jason Compson lV• Benjy Compson• Miss Quentin• Dilsey• Roskus• TP

Character List Cont.• Versh• Frony• Luster• Earl• Damuddy• Uncle Maury Bascomb• Mr. and Mrs. Patterson• Deacon• Julio• Lorraine

The Book… The book is a telling of a single story told in four chapters by four different people. Each of the narrators are telling of Caddy Compson and their take on what is happening to the family. The first chapter is the hardest for people to comprehend because it is told by Caddy’s mentally challenged brother, Benjy. The other three chapters are much easier to understand. The story is further told by Quentin in the second chapter, Jason in the third chapter and then the book ends with Faulkner telling the story but he focuses on Dilsey.

Reflection:While Reading the book, how did you feel? Did the narrators make you feel as they did?

Did you note any literary devices that were key to the success of the book?

Was this book hard for you comprehend at any point or did the language used make any difference on your ability to read it at all?

Would you recommend this book to others ? Why or why not?

William Faulkner

About the Author:• (1897- 1962)• He grew up in Oxford, Miss. • Went into the air force in the First World War.• He spent most of his time writing on a farm in

Mississippi. • Won the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature in

1949.

Other selections by William Faulkner:

• Sanctuary (1931)• Requiem for a Nun

(1951)• Light in August (1932)• Absalom, Absalom!

(1936)• Intruder in the Dust

(1948)