The Sound And The Fury
main characters
Benjy, Quentin, Jason and Caddy Compson, Dilsey Gibson
Rip's impressions
Classic Faulkner: not hard to read, just hard to follow... on second thought, hard to read, as well. Try a short story or two of his first.
first line
Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting.
last lines
(spoiler alert)
The broken flower drooped over Ben's fist and his eyes were empty and blue and serene again as cornice and facade flowed smoothly once more from left to right, post and tree, window and doorway and signboard each in its ordered place.
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