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William Faulkner compels his readers to think, and sometimes to think mightily. This is one of his books that underscores mightily. The reader will be richly rewarded in availing himself of this masterpiece.
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The Sound and the Fury / 0-679-73224-1
Difficult and complex, The Sound and the Fury details the slow decline of the American South through the metaphor of the fictional Compson family. This book is so complex and rewarding because Faulkner introduces the concept of the unreliable narrator - the book is alternately narrated by three brothers, one mentally retarded, another depressed and suicidal, and the third arrogant, cruel, and vicious. Because of this, our impressions of the Compson family (and of the pivotal sister, Caddy, who is never given her own voice) must emerge from these flawed narratives, attempting to find common ground between all three, and realizing that even this common ground is suspect.
Is sister Caddy a sweet, noble girl, an angel who cares for her mentally retarded brother and eases his troubled passage through childhood? Or is she a promiscuous, wanton young woman who commits incest with her suicidal older brother because he wants desperately to share her "shame" with her, in an attempt to save her? Or is she a stupid, easily manipulated woman, who is tricked by her cruel younger brother into giving him guardianship of her daughter and sending "support" money for her which he then steals for himself? In the end, we suspect that Caddy is none of these things, and is simply a woman, with all the complex motives and neuroses that plague her brothers. It is, in a way, a shame that Caddy - as the lynchpin of the Compson family - is not given a voice of her own, but we also understand that we would not be able to trust her any more than the mental ramblings and confused remembrances of her brothers.
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The Sound and the Fury, Faulkner's novel about the decline of a Southern family, has been enthroned in the pantheon of English literature, primarily because of Faulkner's use of stream of consciousness.
By beginning with the mentally-retarded Benjy as narrator, Faulkner assures that the reader has virtually no idea what's going on (other than that Caddy smells like trees) for the first quarter of the book. Quentin's section isn't much better. In both cases, Faulkner jumps around chronologically with no regard for the reader. Faulkner makes it worse by giving each section a date, which in Benjy's and Quentin's cases only makes it more confusing, since he doesn't adhere to it at all.
Is this stream of consciousness realistic? That's hard to say. Certainly not for everyone. Even if it is, so what? It's frustrating, and it isn't particularly interesting. Even if one grants that Faulkner has masterfully displayed the way the human mind works, so what?
What Faulkner does well is emotions. This novel is filled with powerful displays of emotion, which Faulkner does an excellent job of showing rather than telling. As such the second half of the novel, which is for the most part straightforward and linear, is quite compelling.
So why is this novel considered so great? Because it's so challenging and difficult? It's much easier to defend The Sound and the Fury as a literary exercise than as a novel, as half of it is all but incoherent. Certainly it isn't a novel for casual reading. There is some very worthwhile writing here, but for many readers, it just isn't worth it.
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As I Lay Dying had piqued my appetite for Faulkner so when I saw the Sound and the Fury on our school reading list, I couldn't wait. I decided to read it on my own before we read it in class. The first section was a different reading experience than I have ever had. It was more like a puzzle than a typical novel. Benjy jumps around in time without telling us where he is going so it is very disorienting and frustrating for a while. The frustration the first time through just adds to the enjoyment you get the second, third, or fourth time through when you have a much clearer picture of what is going on. I would encourage you to try and figure what is happening out on your own, break out some scratch paper and try to follow Benjy's muddled time line. I did that and then got online to find resources and check my work against theirs. It adds to the experience when you do it on your own without constantly SparkNoting it. Benjy's section was good, but Quentin's section was the best reading experience I have had. It could never be done with a movie. By the end of the section, I felt like I knew Quentin unlike any other character I have ever seen on TV, movies or read about in books. Quentin's section gets deep inside of you and affected me profoundly. When I finished the book the first time, it was an accomplishment. The second and third times were more enjoyable. The text is so packed with stuff that repeated re-readings enhance the enjoyment of this book. For any person who wants to enjoy literature, you should give The Sound and the Fury a try. Forget all about grammar, conventional plot lines, and linear story progression and just enjoy learning about these characters.
PS Don't worry so much about the plot, focus on the characters. Characters are primary and plot secondary.
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It's difficult to point to a more complex and tragically beautiful American novel than Faulkner's 'The Sound and the Fury.' Composed with a kind of crazed inspiration, Faulkner traces the decline and ruin of the Compson family from the point of view of four of its members, the severely disabled Benjy, the self-destructive Quentin, and the resigned Jason. Dilsey, the African-American servant to the Compsons, remains one of the richest and most truly felt of all literary characters. This novel is extremely difficult in form; Faulkner's subtle use of first-person stream of consciousness narration and nonlinear chronology is both baffling and fascinating. Additionally, his removed 'appendix' after the completion of the narrative is as modern as anything that has been printed in the last thirty years. Presented as a tragic vision through a blurry bottle, 'The Sound and the Fury' will continue to haunt and perplex for as long as it is read and studied. A true masterpiece.
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