1. TIME AND THE SOUND AND THE FUR
... he believes modern man to be traveling. In childhood, there is an innocence of time, and it is the stage of life when man most clearly follows his heart instead of the minutes on a clock. This is the world we see through Benjy's eyes. Faulkner sees present time as a "faltering", unsure stage where many questions arise as to man's ultimate purpose in ... from its limits (Monarch Notes PG). Finally, we have the ultimate escape from time - the suicidal death of Quentin. Although his physical death was caused by drowning, his emotional death, the death of his heart, came in his realization ...
- Word Count: 2307
- Approx Pages: 9
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School