![]() ![]() With little introduction, or warning, the book reels into Joe’s past, catching the reader totally unaware and throwing off the entire continuity of the book. One gets a efinite feel for her character, and settles into her narrative, but as soon as this happens, the book switches gears, turning instead to a vague character, Joe Christmas. Immediately the book draws into her past, relating events leading up to this point, explaining her motives. The reader begins the book in this manner, following the simple-minded and determined Lena as she travels, neither coming nor going, simply moving. ![]() I have come from Alabama a fur piece (Faulkner, p. Chief among them Faulkner’s study of 20th century man’s search for identity, and his compassionate portrait of the origins of evil. There are veins of meaning that permeate throughout. Fortunately, in the midst of this menagerie of wonders, there are dominate themes. ![]()
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