Dec 18, 2009

The Sound and the Fury | Suggested Essay Topics

Part 1
1. Faulkner in the first section of The Sound and the Fury represented the world of a retarded man as filled with sensuous impressions that are joined by associations. There are no abstractions. Many experts on retardation will question whether that representation applies to all the retarded. Do you know any retarded people? Do you think it applies to them?

2. Several of the characters in The Sound and the Fury might be characterized as insane or nearly so, but only Benjy is retarded. How do people distinguish between insanity and retardation? How...