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In the novel The Unvanquished what are three seperate events in the...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:40:58 PST

In the novel The Unvanquished what are three seperate events in the story that causes Bayard to grow up, and what he learns in each experience.

How do the setting contribute to character's action?

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:05:09 PST

How do the setting contribute to character's action?

In the novel the Unvanquished by William Faulkner, how does the verbena...

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:15:11 PST

In the novel the Unvanquished by William Faulkner, how does the verbena play a symbolic role in Drusillas character?

Unvanquished, slavery, and racism

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:58:06 PST

The first q and a I responded to on eNotes pertained to this novel of Faulkner, and I haven't seen any discussion on it since. I would like to hear some ideas about his awareness of his treatment of African Americans in the novel. Sure, Ringo is the smarter kid, but his unfailing loyalty certainly differs from what Twain does with a similar characteristic of Jim in Huck Finn. And the freed slaves marching to cross the river... Is there a...

Faulkner starts his novel with the short sentence, “Behind the...

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:49:13 PST

Faulkner starts his novel with the short sentence, “Behind the smokehouse that summer, Ringo and I had a living map.” The next two sentences, long and convoluted, explain the “living map” is a model of the “river, city, and terrain” where Bayard’s father, Colonel Satoris, and the other Confederate soldiers were fighting the war. The boys built the map themselves from “chips from the woodpile” and by digging a trench with a...

Faulkner's "living map" refers to the area where the story takes place,...

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:12:07 PST

Faulkner's "living map" refers to the area where the story takes place, the ficitonal Yoknapatawpha County, Mississipi. It is close to the action of the Civil War for the protagonists Bayard Satoris (white) and his best friend, the slave Ringo. Here is a passage that refers to the "living map" of the history the friends are witnessing: Behind the smokehouse that summer, Ringo and I had a living map. Although Vicksburg was just a handful of...

What is the living map in "The Unvanquished"?

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:07:04 PST

What is the living map in "The Unvanquished"?