“Through the fence, between the curling flower spaces, I could see them hitting.” This line is from the novel The Sound and the Fury, which was published in the year 1929 by the author William Faulkner who lived from 1897 to 1962. This author is also known for other works, including As I Lay Dying and Light in August. This novel is about three brothers and a sister named Caddy. After their parents lose all their money their mom leaves and their dad doesn’t really take care of them so they have a black nanny named Dilsey who partially raises the children. Although the three boys look to Caddy as their mother and when she gets pregnant by a strange boy the family goes chaotic. One boy kills himself after trying to trick his father into thinking the child was his, while the other two disown their sister. Her baby girl grows up to be rebellious and ends up running away with a guy she barely knows. I don’t think I would enjoy this book very much because it seems like it is really difficult to follow. It does not seem very interesting to me at all. The whole story itself is not very happy and it ends openly. I like books that have conflict but end well, whether that is really happy or sad I want it to end fully.
I had to read this for a class in grad school and I remember it being a struggle...
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