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cheruka
cheruka

Why is the trip to Memphis to buy Whisky important to this story line? The author could've brought it to climax w/o the trip.

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Posted by cheruka on Sunday October 21, 2007 at 9:08 AM and tagged with the bear, trip to buy whisky.

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  1. sullymonster Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

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    This story demonstrates the destruction of nature as result of the encroaching progress of "civilization."  Faulkner includes this scene to demonstrate the juxtaposition between the urban and the rural.  While in Memphis, Boon and Ike stand out among the city folk because of their dirty hunting clothes. Boon, especially, looks like a wild man, and in the space of fourteen hours he gets drunk twice. 

    However, they are still men, and although they represent nature while in the city, they are determined to conquer nature, as shown by the hunting scene of the next day. 

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    Posted by sullymonster on Sunday October 21, 2007 at 8:06 PM

  2. ramseytheii
    ramseytheii

    Yes, this scene really gives a sense of the isolated world of the wilderness.  It's a jolt because in the wilderness, these freakish characters are just part of the scenery, but in the city, they stand out like sore thumbs.

    Walter Ramsey 

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    Posted by ramseytheii on Wednesday June 11, 2008 at 5:45 AM