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''[[The Sound and the Fury]]'' (1929) is one of [[William Faulkner]]'s most famous novels, and considered by many to be his [[Magnum Opus]]. Because it's by William Faulkner, it is both mildly incomprehensible and heart-wrenchingly tragic (once you manage to figure out what's going on). The book, about the [[Big Screwed-Up Family|extremely dysfunctional Compson family]], is set in the [[Deep South]] during the early 1900s. The main story is about the four Compson siblings: Benjy, Quentin, Jason, and Caddy. The book is divided into four sections, each told by a different member of the Compson family. The first section is from the perspective of Benjy, who is mentally retarded and doesn't ''quite'' understand what is going on. The second section is told by Quentin, who by that time has pretty much forsaken his family and is a student at Harvard. Quentin has issues. The third section is told by Jason, and it is the first section that is in any way comprehensible. The last section is a standard third person omniscient narrative focusing on Dilsey, the Compson's black cook, and the only character who realizes the self-destructive behaviors of the Compsons.

 

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